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The Prisoner of Papa Stour is discussed by Louise herself
Mill on the Floss
Polly Teale on physical theatre group Shared Experience's treatment of Eliot's novel
Generations
Brian Wright on his play Generations and his reflections on war
Farce Around the World
"You don't sit down in farce" - Welsh comic actor Victor Spinetti talks about farce
The Killing of Sister George
Miriam Margolyes talks about Frank Marcus's play The Killing of Sister George
Stage Tours of London's West End
Barbara Kinghorn takes visitors behind the scenes at London's famous theatres
Makeup Artists Tips and Tricks for the Theatre
"The eyes are the most important thing" - the transformation that theatre makeup makes
Making Radio Plays
David Hitchison on using techniques such as recording sound and creating sets
Sound Design in the Theatre
For plays such as The Woman in Black sound helps the audience create a mental picture
Theatre School
The transition from drama school to acting professionally and a love for theatre over TV
Technical Presentation for Radio Drama
Graham Harper talks about techniques used in radio plays such as background sound
Jez Butterworth's Mojo
"I didn't want them to be at all cartoony or any of the violence in it to become cartoony"
Actor Henry Irving
Victorian stage actor, with an unusual walk, oversaw the Lyceum Theatre
Stoke on Trent Theatre
"I come to everything because I love the theatre" Theatre fan on theatre in Stoke on Trent
Hey Joe! at the Edinburgh Festival
The Leicestershire Youth Arts performance inspired by the music of Jimi Hendrix
Danny Hoch
Interview with Danny Hoch a New York actor performing in a one man show called Some People
What's Coming Up on Play of the Week
Gordon House discusses School for Wives and Death and the Maiden
Shakespeare's Richard III
David Troughton's RSC performance of Richard III who plays a "real Richard"
The Rocky Horror Show
Nicholas Parsons on his role as narrator in The Rocky Horror Show
Shakespeare's King Lear
Jude Kelly talks about King Lear "You have to approach a play as if it is new".
Character Analysis
An unknown speaker describes a character as a "very convivial person with much bonhomie"
The Globe Theatre
Michael Holden on plans for the open air Elizabethan theatre in London, UK
Future Past by Andrew Verster
Andrew Verster discusses his new play and the unusual way in which he works.
Audio Description
Adding a commentary to a visual performance for the benefit of people who are blind
New Writing at Paines Plough
Penny Ciniewicz says "We want to promote the work of writers in all their diversity.
Actor Sir Robert Stephens
Alan Strachan talks about classical British actor Sir Robert Stephens
Sculptor Glynn Williams
Eminent British sculptor and professor at the Royal College of Art talks about his work
Stage Design
Trapdoors in the stage, making props look old and making scenery
Stage Props
Working with fake blood and stage swords and how to design them
Theatre Critics
Judith Matrell discusses the work of the critic
Playing Mole in The Wind in the Willows
Ian Sharrock talks about the preparation - the movement and voice coaching - he had to do