Spotlight Episodes Episode guide
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Ian McDiarmid explores The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's only novel
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The Piano Turner's Wives
Dennis Hawthorne talks about Irish playwright William Trevor
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The Painter of Signs
Discussion of the play of the novel by RK Narayan - The Painter of Signs
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The No Boys Cricket Club
Indhu Rubasingham discusses constructing a play in which women meet their younger selves
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The Monkey King
The legend of The Monkey King set in 1950s Hong Kong
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The Mask
"The mask is this incredible device to transform yourself"
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The Killing of Sister George
Miriam Margolyes talks about Frank Marcus's play The Killing of Sister George
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The Job of the Repetiteur
John Shea talks about the piano at rehearsals of an opera
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The Importance of the Musical Score in Silent Films
Playing the piano and the how styles of music convey meaning in silent films
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The Human Voice
Training the voice - an actor describes voice production in theatres
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The House Swap
Penelope Wilton discusses a play about a couple swapping life in the US for the UK
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The Herbal Bed
"She's a free-thinking spirit" Kate Duch锚ne on playing Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna
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The Goodbye Girl
Gary Wilmot talks about the musical by Neil Simon, David Zippel and by Marvin Hamlisch
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The Golem
Discussion of the Golem of Jewish folklore - and how the story was turned into a musical
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The Gods Are Not to Blame
A reworking of Sophocles tragedy Oedipus Rex, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Akassa Youmi
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The Globe Theatre Season
Hilary Norris talks about forthcoming plays Banishing Lucifer and Charlie Tango
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The Globe Theatre
Descriptions from the audience of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London
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The Globe Theatre
Michael Holden on plans for the open air Elizabethan theatre in London, UK
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The Glass Menagerie
Discussion of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams with Laura Taylor
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The Front Page
Actor Alun Armstrong discusses his character, an editor at the Chicago Examiner
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The Cyclist
Discussion of the play by Vijay Tendulkar
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The Cripple of Inishmaan
The play by Martin McDonagh as described by the actor who plays Billy Claven
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The Cherry Orchard
Discussion of Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard
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The Cherry Orchard
A light comedy or a serious drama?
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The Chairs
Director Simon McBurney discusses the play The Chairs by Eug猫ne Ionesco
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The Bolshoi Ballet
Discussion of the Bolshoi's production of Spartacus
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The Amen Corner
Discussion of James Baldwin's play The Amen Corner
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Tennesee Williams
Commentary on Tennesee Williams, American writer.
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Television and the Classic Serial
Alan Davies talks about dramatising classic novels of English literature
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Technical Presentation for Radio Drama
Graham Harper talks about techniques used in radio plays such as background sound