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World Service,27 Jul 1993,26 mins

Drama and the Dramatist

Meridian

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Programme about the craft, joy, and hardship of modern day playwriting. With dramatist Shane Connaughton (My Left Foot) and Tom Stoppard (Arcadia) and director producer and critic Blanche Marvin. "It's like there are microbes invisible to the human eye, but if you put them under a microscope, you then see it. That's why I go to the theatre. It's my microscope," says Marvin.

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