The Tempest Reimagined, with Margaret Atwood and Harriet Walter
Andrew Marr discusses Shakespeare and Caravaggio with the writer Margaret Atwood, actor Harriet Walter, curator Letizia Treves and biographer Richard Holmes.
On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to the writer Margaret Atwood and the actor Harriet Walter about updating Shakespeare's The Tempest. Revenge is served cold in a men's prison for the former, while the latter reveals how she takes on the great Shakespearean roles in the setting of a women's prison. While Shakespeare was being performed in sixteenth century England, the artist Caravaggio was revolutionising painting on the Continent. The curator Letizia Treves explains how his intense naturalism and dramatic lighting influenced his contemporaries. Whilst little detail is known about Shakespeare's life, Caravaggio's colourful behaviour is writ large: the writer Richard Holmes reflects on the role of the biographer and asks whether a controversial reputation overshadows the art.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Margaret Atwood debunks tales from the biographical rumour mill
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Harriet Walter
is an actor.
The Shakespeare Trilogy (Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest) is on at the Donmar Warehouse at the King鈥檚 Cross Theatre in London until 17 December.
Brutus and Other Heroines is published by Nick Hern Books.
Margaret Atwood
is an author.
Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold is published by Hogarth Shakespeare.
Letizia Treves
Letizia Treves is Curator of Late Italian, Spanish and French Seventeenth-Century Paintings at the National Gallery, London.
Beyond Caravaggio opens at the National Gallery on Wednesday 12 October.
Richard Holmes
is an author.
This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer is published by William Collins.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Andrew Marr |
| Interviewed Guest | Margaret Atwood |
| Interviewed Guest | Harriet Walter |
| Interviewed Guest | Richard Holmes |
| Interviewed Guest | Letizia Treves |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 10 Oct 2016 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Mon 10 Oct 2016 21:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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