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Night Waves [03/05/2012]

Alternative title
Landmarks: The Tempest
Synopsis
BBC’s arts radio programme. Philip Dodd presents a special edition devoted to Shakespeare’s The Tempest. He discusses its continuing resonance with the writer and director Jonathan Miller who first directed The Tempest in 1970 and again in 1988, David Troughton, the actor who played Caliban in Sam Mendes 1993 production, the Shakespeare scholar Helen Hackett, composer and director Jeremy Sams who created a version of The Tempest story, The Enchanted Island, for the Metropolitan Opera and the writer Kamila Shamsie.
Series
Night Waves
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
3 May 2012 at 22:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
45 mins

Credits

Producer
Natalie Steed
Contributor
David Troughton; Helen Hackett; Jeremy Sams; Jonathan Miller; Kamila Shamse; Philip Dodd

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Tempest, The
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); theatre history; musical adaptations

Notes

Notes
A Landmarks special edition of ‘Night Waves’.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive, Oral History

Email
oralhistory@bl.uk
Web
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/sound/ohist/oralhistory.html External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7412 7404
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Name

Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service

Email
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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