Mad Max, Cornelia Parker, Pirates of Penzance, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, TC Boyle
Mad Max: Fury Road, Cornelia Parker's Magna Carta interpretation, Mike Leigh's Pirates of Penzance, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell on TV and TC Boyle's novel The Harder They Come.
Artist Cornelia Parker's contribution to The British Library's Magna Carta octocentennial exhibition is an embroidery interpretation of the Wikipedia page for this cornerstone of the British constitution. What does it add to the commemorations?
There's a new Mad Max film, "Fury Road", with Tom Hardy replacing Mel Gibson in the title role - it's two hours of more-or-less non-stop action and taken decades to reach the screen; is it worth the wait?
Film director Mike Leigh is a big fan of the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He has been working with English National Opera on a staging of The Pirates of Penzance -how does his improvisational working style fit with the formatted world of opera?
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell was Susanna Clarke's 800 page novel of magic in 19th Century England. It's been turned into a 7-part TV series by the ±«Óãtv.
American novelist TC Boyle's newest work is The Harder They Come, about gun control and mental illness in the USA.
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FILM: Mad Max: Fury Road (120 mins)
EXHIBITION: Cornelia Parker: Magna Carta (An Embroidery)
At the British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
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THEATRE: Pirates of Penzance
At the English National Opera, London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES
Image: Joshua Bloom and ENO Chorus (c) Tristram Kenton
A live performance of The Pirates of Penzance will be shown in cinemas across the UK on 19 May, as part of ENO Screen. ÌýÌý
BOOK: The Harder They Come
TV: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
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Image: Photographer Matt Squire
Broadcast
- Sat 16 May 2015 19:15±«Óãtv Radio 4
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