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Directors, performers and theatre staff discuss their work

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Footballers Wives by Shelley Webb
"Sport is theatre" Shelley Webb, author of Footballers' Wives, on using sport in drama
01 Jan 1996,4 mins
Poet Sir John Betjeman
Why this popular English poet was so appealing
01 Jan 1996,3 mins
Jordan by Moira Buffini
True story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby, Jordan, rather than have him taken away
20 Dec 1995,3 mins
Playing Mole in The Wind in the Willows
Ian Sharrock talks about the preparation - the movement and voice coaching - he had to do
20 Dec 1995,9 mins
Theatre Critics
Judith Matrell discusses the work of the critic
20 Dec 1995,3 mins
Stage Props
Working with fake blood and stage swords and how to design them
06 Dec 1995,3 mins
Stage Design
Trapdoors in the stage, making props look old and making scenery
30 Nov 1995,4 mins
Sculptor Glynn Williams
Eminent British sculptor and professor at the Royal College of Art talks about his work
23 Nov 1995,3 mins
Actor Sir Robert Stephens
Alan Strachan talks about classical British actor Sir Robert Stephens
16 Nov 1995,4 mins
New Writing at Paines Plough
Penny Ciniewicz says "We want to promote the work of writers in all their diversity.
09 Nov 1995,4 mins
Audio Description
Adding a commentary to a visual performance for the benefit of people who are blind
02 Nov 1995,3 mins
Future Past by Andrew Verster
Andrew Verster discusses his new play and the unusual way in which he works.
26 Oct 1995,4 mins
The Globe Theatre
Michael Holden on plans for the open air Elizabethan theatre in London, UK
19 Oct 1995,4 mins
Character Analysis
An unknown speaker describes a character as a "very convivial person with much bonhomie"
15 Oct 1995,4 mins
Shakespeare's King Lear
Jude Kelly talks about King Lear "You have to approach a play as if it is new".
05 Oct 1995,3 mins
The Rocky Horror Show
Nicholas Parsons on his role as narrator in The Rocky Horror Show
15 Sep 1995,4 mins
Shakespeare's Richard III
David Troughton's RSC performance of Richard III who plays a "real Richard"
08 Sep 1995,4 mins
What's Coming Up on Play of the Week
Gordon House discusses School for Wives and Death and the Maiden
04 Sep 1995,4 mins
Danny Hoch
Interview with Danny Hoch a New York actor performing in a one man show called Some People
25 Aug 1995,4 mins
Hey Joe! at the Edinburgh Festival
The Leicestershire Youth Arts performance inspired by the music of Jimi Hendrix
18 Aug 1995,4 mins
Stoke on Trent Theatre
"I come to everything because I love the theatre" Theatre fan on theatre in Stoke on Trent
10 Aug 1995,4 mins
Actor Henry Irving
Victorian stage actor, with an unusual walk, oversaw the Lyceum Theatre
01 Aug 1995,3 mins
Jez Butterworth's Mojo
"I didn't want them to be at all cartoony or any of the violence in it to become cartoony"
01 Aug 1995,4 mins
Technical Presentation for Radio Drama
Graham Harper talks about techniques used in radio plays such as background sound
21 Jul 1995,8 mins
Theatre School
The transition from drama school to acting professionally and a love for theatre over TV
06 Jul 1995,3 mins
Sound Design in the Theatre
For plays such as The Woman in Black sound helps the audience create a mental picture
29 Jun 1995,3 mins
Making Radio Plays
David Hitchison on using techniques such as recording sound and creating sets
23 Jun 1995,4 mins
Makeup Artists Tips and Tricks for the Theatre
"The eyes are the most important thing" - the transformation that theatre makeup makes
16 Jun 1995,4 mins
Stage Tours of London's West End
Barbara Kinghorn takes visitors behind the scenes at London's famous theatres
10 Jun 1995,4 mins
The Killing of Sister George
Miriam Margolyes talks about Frank Marcus's play The Killing of Sister George
27 May 1995,4 mins