Directors, performers and theatre staff discuss their work
World Service,·219 episodes
Her family and private life, in particular her relationship with her sister Cassandra
30 Aug 1996,·4 mins
Christopher Cook interviews an unspecified speaker about writing
23 Aug 1996,·3 mins
Helen Hobson on singing in musicals and playing Clara in Passion and Cathy in Heathcliff
15 Aug 1996,·4 mins
A discussion of Shakespeare's Othello and its issues of race and nationality
07 Aug 1996,·4 mins
Jack, Vera and Hilary are travelling to Australia - Stephen is their steward on their ship
27 Jul 1996,·3 mins
Irish playwright, Conor McPherson on his play set in an out of season seaside town
22 Jul 1996,·3 mins
A discussion of the play of Faust by Goethe and today's notions of sin and evil
19 Jul 1996,·4 mins
A light comedy or a serious drama?
11 Jul 1996,·3 mins
Jose Triana's Medea in the Mirror is set in pre-revolutionary Cuba
06 Jul 1996,·4 mins
With themes of nationality, passion, relationships - and a grandma with a mysterious past
28 Jun 1996,·4 mins
Being involved in both the stage and radio version of a play
21 Jun 1996,·4 mins
How London has been the subject of and setting for films over the last 100 years
24 May 1996,·4 mins
Director David Thacker talks about the play set in November 1938 about Kristallnacht
17 May 1996,·4 mins
Commissioned by the Clean Break Theatre Company and written by Winsome Pinnock
09 May 1996,·4 mins
The themes of sex and class make Strindberg's play appealing to British audiences
03 May 1996,·4 mins
Ned Sherrin discusses the musical Salad Days by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade
24 Apr 1996,·3 mins
Review of Peter Høeg's book, a thriller set in Denmark and the island of Gela Alta
11 Apr 1996,·4 mins
Joyce Carol Oates describes writing this radio drama
04 Apr 1996,·4 mins
A discussion of Sue Glover's play Bondagers
28 Mar 1996,·3 mins
Travelling to Europe to find the next play that spells success for a UK audience
21 Mar 1996,·3 mins
Working with Isabel Allende to make a play out of her novel, House of Spirits
14 Mar 1996,·4 mins
Bryony Lavery on her character Millie who shrinks to the size of an ant
27 Feb 1996,·4 mins
"Principals can use 16 pairs of shoes a month" discussion on pointe shoes used in ballet
22 Feb 1996,·4 mins
Unknown speaker explains how he used the story or Genesis to rewrite a play.
08 Feb 1996,·4 mins
The art of making wigs with real hair for use in theatre productions
31 Jan 1996,·4 mins
Playing the piano and the how styles of music convey meaning in silent films
25 Jan 1996,·4 mins
Louise Swan talks to Sharon Gless about the play Chapter Two by Neil Simon
07 Jan 1996,·4 mins
Phyllida Lloyd on the moving from directing plays to directing opera
05 Jan 1996,·4 mins
The cast talks about the show's appeal for baby boomers and the fact the show has no plot
01 Jan 1996,·4 mins
Indhu Rubasingham discusses constructing a play in which women meet their younger selves