Czech leader’s visit to the ICA in London

Title

Czech leader’s visit to the ICA in London

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

22 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

Clive Myrie reports on Czechoslovakian leader Vaclav Havel addressing London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts on his work as a playwright and changes in his country. Includes Havel speaking via a translator; speeches in reply from Proffesor George Steiner from Churchill College, Cambridge and Minister for Arts, Richard Luce. For Brian Widlake programme.

Contributors

Richard Luce; Clive Myrie; Vaclav Havel; George Steiner

Keywords

London; Playwrights; Political reform; Arts; Literature; Civil and political rights; Czechoslovakia; Political leaders; Eastern Europe; Vaclav Havel; Institute of Contemporary Arts; Playwriting

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