Directors, performers and theatre staff discuss their work
World Service,路219 episodes
"How do you feel when you watch someone who has never been loved?"
Discussion on John Eccles's opera Semele
Discussion of the French writer who wrote In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields
Discussion of the author of The Moonstone, Mr Percy and the Prophet and The Woman in White
Ellen Dryden talks about her play The Power of The Dog
Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2
Discussion of Keith Reddin's play about women
Discussion with Italian female opera singer and recording artist
Discussion about Olivier Messiaen's use of birdsong to inspire music composition
Playing Prospero in Shakespeare's play
International Radio Playwriting competition winner Mary Guterson
Penelope Wilton discusses a play about a couple swapping life in the US for the UK
Realistic sculptor Duane Hanson's exhibition
Pam Gems talks about her play about the Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska
Discussion of the play by Vijay Tendulkar
Discussion of the Golem of Jewish folklore - and how the story was turned into a musical
"The piece deals with five incredibly lonely people"
"The audience really listens to a reading - for certain plays this works wonderfully"
An unnamed Irish dramatist discusses her work
Discussion about the music and sound effects for stage plays and silent films
Roy Williams talks about on his play in which film star Stewart Granger comes to Jamaica
An actor describes a show in which cast members cannot see each other
Discussion of Christopher Hampton's play Les Liaisons Dangereuses
John Clifford on his work with a translated 17th Century play
The play's title means we are sometimes defeated by what we do best
It's not a memory test. It's more a test of what someone is able to do"
The stage-play based on the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
Taking Shakespeare on tour to Africa and using local performers and dancers
The West End show featuring a hundred Jim Henson puppets