Learning on ScreenFront Row [16/12/2008]
- Synopsis
- Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. A BUNCH OF AMATEURS, a British film comedy, opens this week with Burt Reynolds playing a washed-up Hollywood action star who finds himself playing the title role in a production of King Lear with an amateur dramatic group in a Suffolk village. In a c5 minute item Daniel Rosenthal speaks of the film as being the latest in a long line of movies about actors putting on a Shakespeare play and finding their own lives reflected in the roles.
- Series
- Front Row
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 16 Dec 2008 at 19:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Daniel Rosenthal; Mark Lawson
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare on film; Amateur theatre
- Related items
- Bunch of Amateurs, A
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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