Interview with Richard English
Wednesday 17 January 2007 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Richard English, author of an acclaimed history of the IRA and a new history of Irish nationalism, joins Philip Dodd to discuss whether Ireland can ever escape its nationalist past.
Playlist
Ireland
Can Ireland move beyond the struggle for Nationalism?
As a new history of Irish Nationalism is published we look to the future of the nationalist cause in Ireland.
Black Book
We review Paul Verhoeven's film Black Book. Set in World War II, it's the story of a young Jewish singer who joins the Danish resistance and becomes embroiled in the double crossing and secrecy of European espionage.
It's the most expensive dutch film ever made, and marks the return to home soil of a director whose previous films have included the blockbusters Robocop, Starship Troopers and Basic Instinct.
Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew
And we talk to the director Edward Hall and the actor Tam Stephens, whose all male company Propeller Theatre open in Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew open in London this week.
What can we learn about Shakespeare by returning to the practice of his own time and working with a company of male actors, and what challenges emerge in the rehearsal room for this very distinct company of players?
