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World Service,09 Dec 2009,28 mins

Wednesday 09 December 2009

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music, literature and music brought to you every day. Today: Race, Agop Hackkyan, Kenyan Musical, Suppressed Metal. Presented by Bidisha. DAVID MAMET'S RACE We review the new play from David Mamet which has just opened on Broadway in New York. 'Race' is set in an American law office and centres around a white man accused of raping a black woman. It stars James Spader and Kerry Washington and Mamet himself has said that the 'theme is race and the lies we tell each other on the subject.'

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