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* We interview the veteran actor Corin Redgrave on acting and politics and his belief that an understanding of the politics of a play makes for a better performance.
  Julius Caesar by Corin Redgrave is about to be released in the Actors On Shakespeare series published by Faber. He's about to star in The Browning Version at the Derby Playhouse from 13 June and then goes on to the Chichester Festival Theatre to play Anthony Blunt in his own play Blunt Speaking.
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* What happens when you put ten eleven-year old boys in a house on their own for a week? Francine Stock talks to the novelist Nigel Williams about a television documentary, Boys Alone, which is aiming to create a modern day Lord Of The Flies.
   Boys Alone is on Channel 4 on 30 May.
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* John Wilson talks to the new director of Tate Modern - Vincente Todoli.
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* A feature about the starring role of cinemas in cinema. Why have the projectionist, the plushy seats and the romance of the movies been used so often by directors?
  The Majestic opens on 1 June, Certificate PG.
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* The National Library in Dublin has announced that it has bought hundreds of items by James Joyce for eight million pounds. One of the largest acquisitions ever made by an Irish cultural institution - and it has implications of scholars of Joyce's work.
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The new film from Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne and the Queen Mother's early married life gets the historical drama treatment.

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