First produced as a radio play in 1959, A Slight Ache was adapted as Pinter’s second full-length play, first performed onstage in 1961. It typifies Pinter’s Absurdist plays, all ambivalent in their ...

Nancy Meckler is an award-winning theatre director. The first ever woman to direct at The National Theatre, she was also the Artistic Director of Shared Experience for 22 years. She has directed on ...

The Nobel Prize-winning writer died Christmas day at the age of 78. He was widely viewed as one of the most influential British playwrights of his time. This is Day to Day from NPR News. I'm Alex ...

Ian McKellen has been interviewed by John Wilson for BBC Radio 4's Front Row, talking about his life, his career, and his decision to return to the lead role of Hamlet. During the forty-five-minute ...