Meridian

Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world

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The Art of Kurt Schwitters
Report on an exhibition of the revolutionary German artist's work
16 Oct 1981,28 mins
Roll on Four O'Clock
Colin Welland's play Roll on Four O' Clock is reviewed by Benedict Nightingale
13 Oct 1981,28 mins
Sculpture you can touch
Sculpture for the Blind at the Tate Gallery, London, plus Cartiass by Arnold Wesker
09 Oct 1981,29 mins
The Sound of a Serpent
Sounds of early instruments, plus an interview with JP Donleavy
02 Oct 1981,29 mins
Samson and Delilah – the opera
Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens and Tibetan Inroads by Stephen Lowe
01 Oct 1981,28 mins
Gwen John, an Artist Alone
Welsh artist Gwen John, Oblomov by Nikita Mikhalk and Murray Perahia's Bela Bartok
29 Sep 1981,28 mins
John Cage – For the Birds
For the Birds: John Cage in Conversation with Daniel Charles
25 Sep 1981,28 mins
Tom Stoppard's On the Razzle
Interview with Tom Stoppard about his play On the Razzle
24 Sep 1981,28 mins
From El Greco to Goya
Heaven's Gate directed by Michael Cimino and Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
18 Sep 1981,29 mins
Falstaff on the Fringe
David Buck as Falstaff, Loose Ends by Michael Weller, and In Dreams by Adam Williams
17 Sep 1981,28 mins
What does it mean to be Good?
What it means to be "good" is the subject of C. P. Taylor's new play set in Nazi Germany
15 Sep 1981,29 mins
On the moral High Ground at the Venice Film Festival
Films with a high moral tone were in favour at the Venice Film Festival this year
11 Sep 1981,29 mins
Chronicle of a Showbusiness Dynasty
How the Winogradsky brothers became the Grades and transformed showbusiness
08 Sep 1981,28 mins
Shakespeare double bill at Stratford
Titus Andronicus and Two Gentlemen of Verona make a Shakespeare double bill at Stratford
04 Sep 1981,28 mins
Satire on stage and page in Edinburgh
A new production of The Beggar's Opera and prints and paintings by Honoré Daumier
03 Sep 1981,28 mins
The Price of political Protest in Schneider's November
Rolf Schneider's heroine's life is not the same after she protests, in his novel November
02 Sep 1981,28 mins
Reviving P. G. Wodehouse, the playwright
Bertie Wooster's creator also wrote plays and one is revived by the Bristol Old Vic
01 Sep 1981,28 mins
John Huston directs Under the Volcano at last
Will the film Under the Volcano enjoy the same following as Malcolm Lowry's cult novel?
31 Aug 1981,28 mins
How Children of a Lesser God became a landmark for the Deaf
Playwright Mark Medoff on writing Children of a Lesser God for a deaf friend
28 Aug 1981,28 mins
Highlights of Edinburgh Festival's Fringe
Some of the nearly 500 shows making up the Fringe at the Edinburgh International Festival
27 Aug 1981,29 mins
Mistress of Dialogue and Satire: novelist Christina Stead
Time to reappraise novelist Christina Stead, a writer capable of "devastating satire"
25 Aug 1981,28 mins
Sean O'Casey's Gunman echoes down the years
The new resonance of Sean O' Casey's 1923 play The Shadow of a Gunman
21 Aug 1981,28 mins
Edinburgh Festival Special
Bach's St Matthew's Passion, Jean Racine's Britannicus, and jazz legend Oscar Peterson
20 Aug 1981,28 mins
There's Much Ado before the Happy Ending
The new production of Much Ado doesn't ignore the play's darker undertones
18 Aug 1981,28 mins
A Bequest of Old Masters on Show
The Old Masters left to the nation by a Count are now on show at the Courtauld Institute
14 Aug 1981,28 mins
Love and Death – on Stage and Page
Tristran and Isolde is the first of the tragic romances reviewed this week
13 Aug 1981,28 mins
Cecil B. DeMille – a Director of Epic Proportions
Cecil B.DeMille, master of the silver-screen epic, was born 100 years ago
11 Aug 1981,29 mins
The Dance Theatre of Harlem energises the Royal Opera House
Director Arthur Mitchell's new repertoire makes the most of Covent Garden's large stage
07 Aug 1981,28 mins
Brazilian Hero's Quest comes to the London Stage
Brazilian epic is brought to life in London, and Mozart's "lost" symphony is rediscovered
06 Aug 1981,28 mins
Jonathan Miller's two Othellos
Director Jonathan Miller's two Othellos – Shakespeare's play and Verdi's opera
06 Aug 1981,28 mins