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The English and Living reviewed, Royal Opera's Director of Opera Oliver Mears

Reviewers Joan Bakewell and Hanna Flint on TV drama 'The English' and new film 'Living'. Royal Opera's Director of Opera Oliver Mears on staging 'The Rape of Lucretia'.

Joan Bakewell and Hanna Flint give their verdicts on Hugo Blick's new TV Western on 大象传媒2 starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, 'The English'. They've also watched new film 'Living' starring Bill Nighy and Aimee Lou Wood with a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, based on an Akira Kurosawa film, 'Ikiru', about a man at the end of his life.

Royal Opera House Opera Director Oliver Mears discusses his new production of Benjamin Britten鈥檚 'The Rape of Lucretia' and the challenges he鈥檚 faced staging a work that deals with sexual violence.

Image: 2022 The English (c) Drama Republic/大象传媒/Amazon Studios Photographer: Diego Lopez Calvin

Presenter: Shahidha Bari
Producer: Sarah Johnson

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  • Thu 3 Nov 2022 19:15

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