Artsweek

Title

Artsweek

Genre

News report; Interview; Music; Jingle

TX Date

2 Jan 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:52:49

Description

This episode of Artsweek is presented by Sue Jameson focusing mainly on Christmas season entertainment. With writer Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey on her new novel, Life Sentences. Andrew Corbett Burcher(?), Bloomsbury Theatre, on new show starring Victoria Chaplin, Le Cirque Imaginaire. Actor Alfred Molina on a futuristic version of The Wizard of Oz. Actor Graham Seed on taking the part of Mole in Toad of Toad Hall. Methuen children’s editor Joy Backhouse talks to Angie Bray about book Wind in the Willows as the copyright is about to expire. Co-author Dave Arthur(?) and actress Liz Crowther on their new stage version of Robin Hood. Composer Charles Strouse on his show Nightingale. Music from show Tin Pan Alley. Actor Charles West on playing Daddy Warbucks in the musical Annie with song by Daddy Warbucks. Current actor playing Annie, Lindsey Dawson talks about the play. Plays out to Hard Knock Life from Annie.

Contributors

Sue Jameson; Angie Bray; Charles West; Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey; Andrew Corbett Burcher(?); Alfred Molina; Graham Seed; Joy Backhouse; Liz Crowther; Dave Arthur(?); Charles Strouse; Lindsey Dawson

Keywords

Books; Authors; Actors; Theatre; Music; Drama; Children (age group); Children (family); Theatrical production; Musical theatre; Novelists; Novels; Theatre directors; Copyright; Christmas; Animals; Theatrical performances; Schoolchildren; Composers; Theatre producers; Leslie Crowther; Illustrators; Annie; Illustrations; Life Sentences; Le Cirque Imaginaire; Victoria Chaplin; Tin Pan Alley; Nightingale; Theatre music; Wizard of Oz; Wind in the Willows; Ernest Shepherd; Toad of Toad Hall; Robin Hood

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