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Anne-Marie Duff, Women's Prize for Fiction, RA Summer Exhibition, Sarah Hall

Anne-Marie Duff on O'Neill's play Strange Interlude, the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, and Sarah Hall on Blade Runner.

With Mark Lawson

As actress Anne-Marie Duff (The Virgin Queen, Shameless) takes to the stage as Nina in Eugene O'Neill's 1923 play Strange Interlude, she talks to Mark about the soliloquy technique, madness, shyness, and Doctor Who.

Formerly known as the Orange Prize, this year's Women's Prize for Fiction will be awarded this evening. The shortlist includes Hilary Mantel, Barbara Kingsolver, Zadie Smith, A.M. 成人快手s, Kate Atkinson and Maria Semple. Mark speaks to the winner live from the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall.

Now in its 245th year, the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London is about to open. It is the world's largest open-submission exhibition, displaying more than 1,000 works in all styles and media, including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architectural models and film. Curators Eva Jiricna and Norman Ackroyd discuss the range of works chosen by the Academicians.

And for this evening's Cultural Exchange, novelist and poet Sarah Hall chooses the 1992 Director's Cut of Blade Runner - Ridley Scott's dystopian science fiction film.

Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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30 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Jun 2013 19:15

Chapters

  • Anne-Marie Duff

    Interview with actress Anne-Marie Duff.

    Duration: 10:27

  • Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction 2013 winner A M 成人快手s

    Mark speaks to A M 成人快手s, the winner of the Women鈥檚 Prize live from the ceremony.

    Duration: 04:59

  • Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy

    Interview with the Summer Exhibition curators Eva Jiricna and Norman Ackroyd.

    Duration: 06:35

  • Cultural Exchange: Sarah Hall

    Novelist and poet Sarah Hall chooses the 1992 Director's Cut of Blade Runner.

    Duration: 05:55

Anne-Marie Duff: Strange Interlude

is on at in London, and is currently booking until the 12th of August.

Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction 2013

The shortlisf for the聽

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

is at the RA from 10th June- 18th August

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest Anne-Marie Duff
Interviewed Guest Eva Jiricna
Interviewed Guest Norman Ackroyd
Interviewed Guest Sarah Hall
Producer Ella-mai Robey

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Jun 2013 19:15

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