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What's Coming Up on Play of the Week

Gordon House discusses School for Wives and Death and the Maiden

• 4 mins

Shakespeare's Richard III

David Troughton's RSC performance of Richard III who plays a "real Richard"

• 4 mins

The Rocky Horror Show

Nicholas Parsons on his role as narrator in The Rocky Horror Show

• 4 mins

Shakespeare's King Lear

Jude Kelly talks about King Lear "You have to approach a play as if it is new".

• 3 mins

Character Analysis

An unknown speaker describes a character as a "very convivial person with much bonhomie"

• 4 mins

The Globe Theatre

Michael Holden on plans for the open air Elizabethan theatre in London, UK

• 4 mins

Future Past by Andrew Verster

Andrew Verster discusses his new play and the unusual way in which he works.

• 4 mins

Audio Description

Adding a commentary to a visual performance for the benefit of people who are blind

• 3 mins

New Writing at Paines Plough

Penny Ciniewicz says "We want to promote the work of writers in all their diversity.

• 4 mins

Actor Sir Robert Stephens

Alan Strachan talks about classical British actor Sir Robert Stephens

• 4 mins

Sculptor Glynn Williams

Eminent British sculptor and professor at the Royal College of Art talks about his work

• 3 mins

Stage Design

Trapdoors in the stage, making props look old and making scenery

• 4 mins

Stage Props

Working with fake blood and stage swords and how to design them

• 3 mins

Theatre Critics

Judith Matrell discusses the work of the critic

• 3 mins

Playing Mole in The Wind in the Willows

Ian Sharrock talks about the preparation - the movement and voice coaching - he had to do

• 9 mins

Jordan by Moira Buffini

True story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby, Jordan, rather than have him taken away

• 3 mins

Poet Sir John Betjeman

Why this popular English poet was so appealing

• 3 mins

Footballers Wives by Shelley Webb

"Sport is theatre" Shelley Webb, author of Footballers' Wives, on using sport in drama

• 4 mins

The No Boys Cricket Club

Indhu Rubasingham discusses constructing a play in which women meet their younger selves

• 4 mins

Smokey Joe's Cafe

The cast talks about the show's appeal for baby boomers and the fact the show has no plot

• 4 mins

Directing Opera

Phyllida Lloyd on the moving from directing plays to directing opera

• 4 mins

Chapter Two by Neil Simon

Louise Swan talks to Sharon Gless about the play Chapter Two by Neil Simon

• 4 mins

The Importance of the Musical Score in Silent Films

Playing the piano and the how styles of music convey meaning in silent films

• 4 mins

Wigmaking

The art of making wigs with real hair for use in theatre productions

• 4 mins

Play Not Known

Unknown speaker explains how he used the story or Genesis to rewrite a play.

• 4 mins

Shoe Supervisor at the Birmingham Royal Ballet

"Principals can use 16 pairs of shoes a month" discussion on pointe shoes used in ballet

• 4 mins

Down Among the Mini-Beasts

Bryony Lavery on her character Millie who shrinks to the size of an ant

• 4 mins

House of Spirits

Working with Isabel Allende to make a play out of her novel, House of Spirits

• 4 mins

European Plays

Travelling to Europe to find the next play that spells success for a UK audience

• 3 mins

Bondagers

A discussion of Sue Glover's play Bondagers

• 3 mins