Therese Raquin
Monday 13 November 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Philip Dodd delivers the verdict on Nicholas Wright's adaptation of Zola's Therese Raquin directed by Marianne Elliott at the National Theatre.
David Starkey
David Starkey, who will be joining Philip Dodd this evening to discuss his new television series 'Monarchy'.
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David Starkey
On Night Waves tonight, the historian and broadcaster David Starkey will be in the studio with Philip Dodd to discuss his new television series, Monarchy, which takes up the story of the British crown with Charles II's accession in 1660.
Multiculturalism
As a conference opens in London looking at the challenges of diversity in France and Britain, Paul Goodwin and Gilles Kepel will be discussing the case for and against multiculturalism - is the French model of integration better or worse than the British?
Therese Raquin
'Zola descends into the sewer to bathe in it, I to cleanse it' said Ibsen of the French novelist Emile Zola.
The playwright Nicholas Wright has adapted Zola's novel, 'Therese Raquin', the story of a couple driven to an act of murder when they embark upon an affair.
Susannah Clapp will be joining Philip in the studio with a first night review of the National Theatre's production.
Zombies
And the writer Max Brooks, son of Mel Brooks and the author of The Zombie Survival Guide, will be talking about why the last few years have seen a revival of interest in the zombie genre with movies, books, videogames and even a Broadway musical.
