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"How do you feel when you watch someone who has never been loved?"
Semele
Discussion on John Eccles's opera Semele
Bernard-Marie Koltes
Discussion of the French writer who wrote In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields
Wilkie Collins
Discussion of the author of The Moonstone, Mr Percy and the Prophet and The Woman in White
The Power of The Dog
Ellen Dryden talks about her play The Power of The Dog
Sound Effects in Radio Drama
Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2
The Use of Recorded Effects in Stage Plays
Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2
Brutality of Fact
Discussion of Keith Reddin's play about women
Singing Opera
Discussion with Italian female opera singer and recording artist
Olivier Messiaen
Discussion about Olivier Messiaen's use of birdsong to inspire music composition