Stage and screen
Artists and works that defined film, theatre and dance
Eleonora Duse: The first great modern actress
The early feminist icon who challenged theatrical convention
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Harry Houdini: Escape artist and showman
Pulling back the curtain on the master of illusion
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Sarah Bernhardt: Queen of stage and screen
The 19th Century French actress who defined modern celebrity
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Luigi Pirandello: Italian dramatist who brought chaos to the stage
The radical, convention-breaking plays of an architect of modern 20th century theatre
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The Wizard of Oz: A homegrown American fairy tale
The magical story of Dorothy, a plucky American heroine who follows the yellow brick road
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Rudolf Nureyev: Superstar Russian dancer
Exploring the life of a man who pushed the boundaries of ballet.
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Antigone: A drama of defiance
The classic play from Ancient Greece about civil disobedience
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Diaghilev and the ballet revolution
The Russian impresario whose Ballet Russes company transformed 20th century dance
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Charlie Chaplin
The life and work of early Hollywood's most successful comedian
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Waiting for Godot: The play that changed the rules of theatre
How a play in which nothing happens created a revolution in contemporary theatre
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Flamenco: Darkness and light
Rajan Datar and guests explore the origins and evolution of flamenco
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Stanislavsky: Founder of modern acting
Konstantin Stanislavsky: the greatest single influence on acting today
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the origins and the legacy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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Up close with tango
The dance that seduced the world
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The real story of Frankenstein
The origins, themes and continuing legacy of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale Frankenstein
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The birth of hip hop
The early years of rap and breakdancing in New York
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Seven Samurai: A Japanese masterpiece
The global impact of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 groundbreaking action film
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