Night Waves

26 October 2006

Thursday 26 October 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)

Duration:

45 minutes

Playlist

All the King's Men
Jonathan Freedland, the Guardian's former Washington correspondent, discusses All the King's Men, the new Hollywood blockbuster starring Sean Penn.

How does its story of the corruption of political idealism compare with the 1949 version of the same story?

John Mullan unscrews the inner mechanics of the contemporary novel to reveal how writers have been innovating over the last decade.

Hannah Arendt
Philosopher Jonathan Ree discusses the legacy of the great postwar theorist of totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt with Arendt's biographer Elisabeth Young-Brewl.

Faust
Punchdrunk theatricals, a company which specialises in site-specific performances, has taken over a labyrinthine site in Wapping - and filled it with their new production.
Theatre Critic Susannah Clapp reports on strange Faustian goings on in a warehouse.

Night Waves

Episode and Playlist Information

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