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| Aiding And Abetting | ...FIONA SHAW reads Muriel Spark's novel, abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester. A man on the run is aided and abetted by a collection of mysterious people. Producer: Duncan Minshull.... |
| Archive Hour, The | ...In Shakespeare's time, female roles were played by boys. In the 1990s, FIONA SHAW played the lead role in `Richard II'. Here, she considers the way women have approached acting Shakespeare since the advent of recorded sound, from the days when Ellen Terry dominated the Edwardian stage to classic radio performances by Edith Evans, Flora Robson, Dorothy Tutin and Judi Dench ... |
| Brazzaville Beach | ...FIONA SHAW reads from William Boyd's award-winning novel, abridged by Yvonne Antrobus and produced by Pete Atkins; a CSA Telltapes Production.... |
| Collection Of Eccentricities, A | ...8 character sketches written/performed by: John Mortimer/Linda Smith/FIONA SHAW/Tom Kelly/Katie Hims/Lavina Murray/Parv Bancil/Kathryn Hunter.... |
| Fearful Symmetry, A | ...Mark Lawson introduces an exploration by the BBC Philharmonic, with the voices of FIONA SHAW and Robert Tear, of the disturbing coincidence of the Feast of the Transfiguration and the anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. With poet Michael Symmons Roberts and composer James Whitbourn.... |
| Field Of Hay, A | ...starring FIONA SHAW as the voice of the field... |
| Greek Day | ...FIONA SHAW presents the second of three masterclasses in the art of performing tragic heroines from Greek drama.... |
| Hurry Up Please Its Time | ...T S Eliot described his poem `The Waste Land' as `just a piece of rhythmical grumbling', but it has become one of the most discussed and imitated works of the century. Valentine Cunningham investigates its wide-ranging influence with the help of writers Blake Morrison, Peter Porter, Iain Sinclair, Malcolm Bradbury and Emanuel Litvinoff, actress FIONA SHAW and composer George Benjamin.... |
| King Lear On Boxing Day | ...Four hundred years on, Francine Stock and a studio full of guests, including actors FIONA SHAW and Oliver Ford Davis; scholars Jonathan Bate, Richard Dutton, Brett Dolman and Tiffany Stern; food historian Ivan Day and musicians Passamezzo (along with some distinguished contributors from the BBC Archives), bring to life every aspect of that momentous opening night.... |
| Lend Me Your Ears | ...Series in which FIONA SHAW journeys into the past to recreate the sounds of England during the time of William Shakespeare. 1: A Human Touch. / Whether in the country or the town, we can never escape the drone of aeroplanes, the squeal of brakes and the hum of electrical equipment. In four programmes, FIONA SHAW turns down the volume of 21st-century life and journeys into the past, as she recreates the sounds of England during the time of William Shakespeare ... |
| Long View, The | ...The series which finds the past behind the present. `The Gotham Tales'. Jonathan Freedland explores the most popular jokes in British history and a best-selling collection of stories about a village fools on the fringes of Nottingham which dates back to the 13th century and earlier. With FIONA SHAW and guests.... |
| Love Came Down | ...Mark Lawson with a festive mixture of music, poetry and stories read by FIONA SHAW and Simon Russell Beale ... |
| Lucky Numbers | ...By Erica Wagner, read by FIONA SHAW.... |
| Medea | ...Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael. FIONA SHAW stars in and directs Deborah Warner's acclaimed production of Euripides's two-and-a-half-thousand-year-old tragedy of betrayal and vengeance. FIONA SHAW (Medea), Jonathan Cake (Jason), Janny Galloway (Nurse), Jonathan Slinger (Tutor), Struan Rodger (Kreon), Leo Wringer (Aegeus), Robert Hines (Messenger), Mikey Press and Jack Richards (children), Gabrielle Lloyd, Moya Brady, Gillian Hanna, Emma Dewhurst, Kate Fleetwood, Joyce Henderson and Pauline Lynch (Chorus). Music by Mel Shaw, with Rhonwyn Hayes (singer).... |
| Millennium Moment, The | ...As midnight approaches the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey leads a moment of prayer and preparation. Featuring Thomas Tallis's great 40-part motet `Spem in Alium' - `I have never put my hope in any other but in you, God of Israel'. Readers: FIONA SHAW and Richard Briers ... |
| Music Matters | ...With Tom Service. Including FIONA SHAW on directing her first opera.... |
| Mya | ...By Gill Adams. An experimental drama telling the harsh story of a young prostitute in Hull in the 90s and the apocalyptic events that unfold when she takes up lodgings with old Rosie, a drunken old prostitute, and Danny, her isolated and naive young son. The play uses strong language and contains disturbing scenes. Mya (Katie Cavanagh), Rosie (FIONA SHAW), Danny (Ian Thompson). Directed by Polly Thomas and Melanie Harris ... |
| On The Train To Chemnitz | ...With Paul Scofield & FIONA SHAW... |
| Our Brave Boys | ...Zelda launches an anti-moonlighting campaign. MOD comedy with Martin Jarvis and FIONA SHAW... |
| Our Lady Of Sligo | ...By Sebastian Barry. While seriously ill in a Dublin hospital, a woman is visited by her husband, her daughter - and her dead father. She struggles to come to terms with her life and, in particular, her volatile relationships with her husband and her country. With FIONA SHAW, Laura Hughes, Gerard McSorley, Aisling O'Sullivan, Trudy Kelly and Kevin Flood. Director Roland Jaquarello.... |
| Ovid Metamorphosed | ...by M J Fitzgerald, read by FIONA SHAW. Lust and revenge destroy a family and bring about a metamorphosis.... |
| Pilate - The Biography Of An Invented Man | ...FIONA SHAW reads five extracts from Ann Wroe's book which unravels the identities and myths surrounding the villain of the Easter story. 1: Who was Pontius Pilate? A good man destined to do the wrong thing?... |
| Pilate | ...`The Biography of an Invented Man'. Who was Pontius Pilate? A bad man or a good man destined to do the wrong thing? FIONA SHAW reads the first of five extracts from Ann Wroe's new book, which unravels the identities and myths surrounding the villain of the Easter story.... |
| Poetry 2000 | ...FIONA SHAW introduces the second of three anthologies of new poetry with contributions from Michael Hoffman, Christopher North, Andrew Waterhouse and Paul Durcan. Featuring a specially commissioned sequence written and read by Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes.... |
| Poetry Please | ...FIONA SHAW reads one of the greatest epics of the twentieth century, T S Eliot's The Waste Land, a poem detailing the human soul's journey in search of redemption.... |
| Postscript | ...Four programmes in which Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertoire. 1: Michael Pennington and FIONA SHAW discuss the complex figure of Shakespeare's Richard II.... |
| Private Passions | ...FIONA SHAW (reader)... |
| Proms Plus | ...Former poet laureate Andrew Motion introduces a personal choice of poems by another poet Laureate, Alfred Tennyson. Actress FIONA SHAW performs Andrew's choices, including excerpts from In Memoriam and The Lady of Shallot in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.... |
| Rapture | ...By Carol Ann Duffy, read by FIONA SHAW.... |
| Room Of Her Own, A | ...Virginia Woolf....FIONA SHAW... |
| Shade Catcher, The | ...By Michelene Wandor. FIONA SHAW travels with dramatist Wandor on a journey into the world of the poet Charlotte Mew. Mew was a tragic figure who never married, possibly due to fears of hereditary insanity, and in 1928 she killed herself. But her poetry was admired by writers such as Thomas Hardy and her strange imagination is revealed in excerpts from her play `The China Bowl'. With FIONA SHAW and Anna Massey ... |
| Shakespeare And English Music | ...Actress FIONA SHAW explores the rich vein of English music inspired by the words of William Shakespeare.... |
| Shakespeare Day - Shakespeare Masterclass No 2 | ...FIONA SHAW conducts a masterclass on rehearsing Shakespeare, working with a small group of actors on excerpts from `Macbeth' and `Much Ado about Nothing'. The class was given last month before an audience at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Actors: Susan Brown, Paul Bhattacharjee, Tom George, Clare Cathcart and Antony Ryding.... |
| Shakespeare For The Millennium | ...Richard Eyre, Professor Jonathan Bate, Bob Crowley and FIONA SHAW examine the future of Shakespeare in our theatres, cinemas and schools and over the airwaves in the new millennium.... |
| Shakespeare Season - Sunday Feature - Shakespeare For The Millennium | ...A platform discussion launching the BBC Radio Shakespeare season on Radio 3. Richard Eyre, Professor Jonathan Bate, Bob Crowley and FIONA SHAW examine the future of Shakespeare in our theatres, cinemas and schools and over the airwaves as we approach the new millennium.... |
| Thebans, The | ...Jocasta....FIONA SHAW... |
| Twenty Minutes - A Sound Read | ...Ivan Hewett is joined by actress FIONA SHAW and the critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson to review recently published books on music. This month's edition features `Igor Stravinsky: a Creative Spring' by Stephen Walsh - the first volume of a new study which promises to get closer to the real man than any previous biography; Michael Chanan's `From Handel to Hendrix', which explores the role of the composer in society; and `Concerto Conversations' by Joseph Kerman, which offers a fresh perspective on this musical genre.... |
| Verb, The | ...Artangel and written by Janice Kerbel - Nick Silver Cant Sleep, a love story narrated by plants who only wake at night, starring Rufus Sewell, Josette Simon and FIONA SHAW ... |
| Walk The Blue Fields | ...Read by FIONA SHAW ... |
| What Is She Doing Here? | ...... |
| Words And Music | ...FIONA SHAW and Alex Jennings read a selection of poetry and prose on a sea theme from Elizabeth Bishop, Michael Longley, Charles Dickens, John Masefield and Hugo Williams, with music inspired by the sea by Charles Trenet, Benjamin Britten, Mozart and Mendelssohn.... |
| Work In Progress - Fiona Shaw | |