Funding the arts in London

Title

Funding the arts in London

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Music

TX Date

31 Jan 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:50:55

Description

Rodney Bennett investigates arts funding in London and whether public finance is appropriate. Speaks to: Secretary General of the Arts Council, Sir Roy Shaw; head of the board at the Royal Opera House, Sir Claus Moser; Director at the National Theatre, Sir Peter Hall; Director of the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts, Luke Rittner; shadow spokesman for the arts, Andrew Faulds; and Conservative MP David Mellor. Plays in to an excerpt of La Boheme performed by Placido Domingo and Montserrat Caballe and conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Ends with music from the London Mozart Players. Sound is in mono in the interviews.

Contributors

David Mellor; Rodney Bennett; Andrew Faulds; Georg Solti; Peter Hall; Placido Domingo; Claus Moser; Luke Rittner; Roy Shaw; Montserrat Caballe; London Mozart Players

Keywords

Politics; Actors; Theatre; National Theatre; London; Opera; Music; Government; Labour Party; Prices; Taxation; Conservative Party; Public finance; Business; Political parties; Covent Garden; Singers; Royal Opera House; Artists; Sponsorship; Geoffrey Howe; Tickets; Arts; Cultural finance; Arts Council; Value Added Tax; Costs; Cabinet ministers; Royal Shakespeare Company; Private finance; Fees; Royal Ballet; Cultural users; Norman St John-Stevas; La Boheme; Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts; CEMA; Jennie Lee; Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts

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