Jack Absolute Flies Again, Joe Stilgoe, Cattelan / Druet

Published: July 11, 2022, 7:35 p.m.

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Jack Absolute Flies Again, at the National Theatre, is an adaptation of Sheridan\\u2019s comedy of manners The Rivals. Writers Richard Bean (who wrote One Man, Two Guvnors \\u2013 a big hit) and Oliver Chris keep the original characters \\u2013 Lydia Languish, Sir Anthony Absolute and the lexically challenged Mrs Malaprop \\u2013 but move the action from 18th Century Bath to the Battle of Britain. Samira Ahmed talks to director Emily Burns about this, and to Peter Forbes, who plays Sir Anthony, about finding character in the comedy.

Pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe on his new album, Theatre - which he describes as a love letter to the theatre - and performs for us live in the studio.

In Paris, conceptual art has found itself in the dock, as rights of authorship over some of the artworks created by artist Maurizio Cattelan - including one of his most famous works,'La Nona Ora' (The Ninth Hour), a wax figure of Pope Jean Paul II struck by a meteor \\u2013 are at the centre of a legal case brought by the French sculptor Daniel Druet. In the wake of the court\\u2019s judgment, lawyer Mark Stephens, discusses the issues the case raises.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed\\nProducer: Julian May

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