Sadiq Khan, Jake Arnott, The Tale of Januarie opera
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on screening The Salesman in Trafalgar Square; Jake Arnott on novel The Fatal Tree; The Tale of Januarie opera based on Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, looks ahead to Sunday when he's transforming Trafalgar Square into 'London's biggest cinema' for a free public screening of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-nominated film The Salesman, just hours before this year's Academy Awards are announced.
Jake Arnott discusses his latest novel The Fatal Tree set in Georgian London's criminal underworld. It follows the fortunes of notorious prostitute and pickpocket Edgworth Bess and her husband Jack Sheppard, a thief whose escapades inspired the character of Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
Next week the Guildhall School will put on the world premiere of Julian Philips' opera The Tale of Januarie. Based on Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale, it's the first opera to have been written in Middle English. The librettist Stephen Plaice and composer Julian Philips join John to discuss how they approached it.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Edwina Pitman.
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Sadiq Khan
Duration: 09:50
Jake Arnott
Duration: 08:49
The Tale of Januarie
Duration: 07:46
Sadiq Khan and The Salesman film
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The Salesman is previewed in the open air at Trafalgar Square, London and also in cinemas in London, Manchester, Bristol, Bath, Bradford, Brighton, Liverpool, Southampton, Cambridge, Norwich, Oxford, Derby, Sheffield, and Bristol on 26 February 2017.
It is released in UK cinemas on17 March, certificate 12A.
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Main image above: London Mayor Sadiq Khan
image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Image to the left: Tarahneh Alidoosti (Left) and Shahab Hoseini in the Salesman
Image credit: Habib Majidi
Jake Arnott
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Jake Arnott's book The Fatal Tree is out now as a hardback, as an audio file or an ebook.
Image: Jake Arnott
The Tale of Januarie
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The Guildhall School of Music's production of Julian Philips' and Stephen Plaice's new opera, The Tale of Januarie, is premiered at The Silk Street Theatre, London on 27 March 2017, and also shows there on 01, 03 and 06 March 2017.
Image: the cast and crew of The Januarie Tale in rehearsal
Image credit: Paul Cochrane
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Sadiq Khan Interviewed Guest Jake Arnott Interviewed Guest Stephen Plaice Interviewed Guest Julian Philips Producer Edwina Pitman Broadcast
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