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Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
The director discusses the restrictions of using texts written by others.
  1. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
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    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  2. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
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    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
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  5. Miren de Miguel sings Morro Ma Prima In Grazia
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    Miren de Miguel sings Morro Ma Prima In Grazia
  6. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
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    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  7. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  8. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  9. Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
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    Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
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    Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  11. Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
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    Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
  12. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
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    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  13. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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