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30 minutes
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With Kirsty Lang. Toby Jones discusses his role in TV drama Marvellous, Rose Tremain talks about her short story The American Lover, and Jason Solomons reviews Maps to the Stars. Show more
30 minutes
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New Zealand film The Dark Horse, novelist Sara Taylor, the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was shot and Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. With Kirsty Lang. Show more
30 minutes
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Film director Christopher Nolan looks back at his career. Plus an all-black cast production of Guys and Dolls and the announcement of the City of Culture in 2021. Show more
30 minutes
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An exploration of the life and legacy of the playwright Joe Orton whose plays, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, and What The Butler Saw, challenged British theatre in the 1960s. Show more
15 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Echoes of Williams's troubled childhood are present in his first Broadway success, The Glass Menagerie. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more
Crisis point is reached as Williams writes the Sweet Bird of Youth. Concluded by Damien Lewis, Trevor White and Elaine Claxton. Show more
Williams makes new friends in Europe. Back home an encounter promises love and inspiration for a new play. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more
Testing times ahead as Cat on Hot Tin Roof takes shape. John Lahr's biography of the American playwright read by Damien Lewis. Show more
Williams embarks on a new play and Marlon Brando turns up for an unconventional audition for it. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more
