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2. Overnight Success
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Tom Stoppard, turns to the writing and production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Read by Alex Jennings.
Tom Stoppard writes and produces Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Its reception is astonishing.
Since 1964, he's been writing for the theatre, big screen, TV and radio,. His plays are among the most studied of the last century.
Among the giants of British theatre - in Hermione Lee's evocative and immersive biography, we come to know the man and his work.
Read by Alex Jennings.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.
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