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World Service,29 May 1992,30 mins

Terence Davies' The Long Day Closes

Meridian

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A shy youngster copes with school and home life in Terence Davies 1950s film The Long Day Closes: American experimental theatre director Robert Wilson on Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights: East Indian composer Priti Paintal on her chamber opera Biko about South African Steve Biko with libretto by Richard Fawkes: Clarence Fountain from The Blind Boys of Alabama on the spirit of gospel music. Presented by Simon Fanshawe.

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