Midweek [14/05/2008]

Synopsis: Radio broadcast. As part of the general conversation programme, host Libby Purves interviews Darren Raymond, an ex-offender whose life was turned around by taking up acting with the London Shakespeare Workout (LSW) theatre group. Raymond talks about his encounter with Shakespeare in Brixton prison, about playing Othello in LSW’s 2005 production of ‘Blacking Iago’ and his work as Artistic Director of Intermission Actors, a Christian theatre company that also runs workshops for young people at risk of offending. Other guests are Johnny Kingdom, Richard Beard, Drusilla Marland and Daphne Todd.
Series: Midweek
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 14 May 2008 at 09:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration: 45 mins

Producer

Chris Paling

Contributor

Libby Purves

Cast

Darren Raymond

Theatre company: London Shakespeare Workout
Production type: Documentary/Educational/News
Plays: Othello
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: prisoners; prisons; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); London Shakespeare Workout

General: The London Shakespeare Workout Prison Project has produced Shakespeare with casts pairing distinguished professional actors with convicts and ex-convicts in prisons and theatre venues throughout Britain, Europe and North America.

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