12 May 2006
Friday 12 May 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Brian Whitaker's new book, Unspeakable Love, which explores attitudes to homosexuality in the Middle East.
Shakespeare's Coriolanus at The Globe Theatre
Photograph by John Haynes
Playlist
Pinter Premiere
Night Waves features the radio world premiere of Harold Pinter's latest work, as performed by Pinter and his wife Lady Antonia Fraser.
This is Pinter's first public appearance since illness stopped him collecting the Nobel prize in person.
Shakespeare's Coriolanus
Politics, power and intrigue from the 5 th Century BC. Coriolanus is arguably Shakespeare's most political of dramas.
Matthew Sweet considers a new production at the Globe Theatre in London , starring Jonathan Cake as the fierce and proud Roman leader and directed by Dominic Dromgoole.
Coriolanus is showing at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London from 11 May to 13 August.
Unspeakable Love
Political freedom is hotly debated in the Middle East but homosexuality is still a powerful taboo in many Arab countries. So why is the Arab world so frightened of homosexuality?
Guardian Journalist Brian Whittaker has just written a book on the subject, 'Unspeakable Love', and joins the Saudi writer and academic Mai Yamani to confront this taboo.
Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker is published by Saqi Books. More information can be found on Brian Whitaker's website.
Brick
Brick is one of the most unusual and exciting films to emerge from America recently.
An offbeat detective movie by Rian Johnson, Brick charts the story of a high school loner who is trying to track down his missing girlfriend and becomes mixed up in gangland violence.
Brick is released in cinemas nationwide on 12 May.
