Drama on 3: Ninety Minutes with Stanislavski

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Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Colin Stinton

Norah Lopez Holden

Maggie Steed

Matthew Marsh

Nicholas Woodeson

Bruce Alexander

Melanie Harris

Marcy Kahan

Ninety Minutes with Stanislavski

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Ninety Minutes with Stanislavski

Cressida has 90 minutes before her next run-through of The Seagull. She needs help.

Cressida has 90 minutes before her next run-through of The Seagull. She's in trouble. Help arrives from five legendary acting teachers. Can they rescue her in time?

Cressida Yorke is a young actress in trouble. She has 90 minutes before her next run-through of The Seagull. Previews are three days away. She takes refuge in an empty rehearsal room at the top of Her Majesty's Theatre, London - where she encounters five remarkable and legendary acting teachers. Can they rescue her in time? It's surprising what can happen in 90 minutes. 

Marcy Kahan writes for stage and film: Antonia & Jane for BBC/Miramax and has written and dramatized over 40 original radio dramas for Radio 4, including the award-winning four series of Lunch. 

Credits:
Bobby Lewis ..... Colin Stinton
Cressida Yorke ..... Norah Lopez Holden
Stella Adler ..... Maggie Steed
Harold Clurman ..... Matthew Marsh
Lee Strasberg ..... Nicholas Woodeson
Stanislavski ..... Bruce Alexander

Writer, Marcy Kahan
Director, Melanie Harris
Sound design, John Scott and Eloise Whitmore

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