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Muriel Spark

With the release of a new biography about Muriel Spark and two plays based on her work - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Girls of Slender Means - playing at the Edinburgh Fringe, we celebrate the iconic Edinburgh writer.

Presenter:: Lauren Laverne

Transmitted:: 13/08/2009

Genre:: Theatre

Related Links:: - Official Site for the Edinburgh Fringe
- Muriel Spark Archive at the National Library of Scotland

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