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American Writers on the English Stage (21 October)

American Writers on the English Stage


Lindsay Posner, theatre director, and Michael Lesslie, playwright, in conversation with Jonathan Bate, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, and a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Lindsay Posner, Allan Corduner and Jonathan Bate discuss the enduring attraction of American playwrights for English audiences, and consider the challenges and special appeal of interpreting writers such as Arthur Miller, David Mamet and Tennessee Williams for the English stage.

Arthur Miller: Poet of the English Stage

Christopher Bigsby
Lecture by Christopher Bigsby, Professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia and Director of the Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies. Commentator: Lindsay Posner, theatre director.

Christopher Bigsby discusses the different receptions and reputations Arthur Miller has had at home in the USA and abroad, particularly on the English stage and considers if there are, as it seems, two different playwrights on two different continents.

Currently available:

Podcast (1hr | 57Mb)

Currently  available:

Podcast (1hr 14 mins | 69Mb)