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Anne-Marie Duff, Women's Prize for Fiction, RA Summer Exhibition, Sarah Hall

Anne-Marie Duff on O'Neill's play Strange Interlude, the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, and Sarah Hall on Blade Runner.

With Mark Lawson

As actress Anne-Marie Duff (The Virgin Queen, Shameless) takes to the stage as Nina in Eugene O'Neill's 1923 play Strange Interlude, she talks to Mark about the soliloquy technique, madness, shyness, and Doctor Who.

Formerly known as the Orange Prize, this year's Women's Prize for Fiction will be awarded this evening. The shortlist includes Hilary Mantel, Barbara Kingsolver, Zadie Smith, A.M. Homes, Kate Atkinson and Maria Semple. Mark speaks to the winner live from the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall.

Now in its 245th year, the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London is about to open. It is the world's largest open-submission exhibition, displaying more than 1,000 works in all styles and media, including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architectural models and film. Curators Eva Jiricna and Norman Ackroyd discuss the range of works chosen by the Academicians.

And for this evening's Cultural Exchange, novelist and poet Sarah Hall chooses the 1992 Director's Cut of Blade Runner - Ridley Scott's dystopian science fiction film.

Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Anne-Marie Duff

    Interview with actress Anne-Marie Duff.

    Duration: 10:27

  • Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013 winner A M Homes

    Mark speaks to A M Homes, the winner of the Women’s Prize live from the ceremony.

    Duration: 04:59

  • Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy

    Interview with the Summer Exhibition curators Eva Jiricna and Norman Ackroyd.

    Duration: 06:35

  • Cultural Exchange: Sarah Hall

    Novelist and poet Sarah Hall chooses the 1992 Director's Cut of Blade Runner.

    Duration: 05:55

Anne-Marie Duff: Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude is on at The National Lyttleton Theatre in London, and is currently booking until the 12th of August.

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013

The shortlisf for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition is at the RA from 10th June- 18th August

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMark Lawson
Interviewed GuestAnne-Marie Duff
Interviewed GuestEva Jiricna
Interviewed GuestNorman Ackroyd
Interviewed GuestSarah Hall
ProducerElla-mai Robey

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Jun 201319:15

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