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Last broadcast on Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
With Mark Lawson.
Anonymous, directed by Roland Emmerich, claims Shakespeare didn't write any plays or sonnets: the real author was the Earl of Oxford - played by Rhys Ifans - who wrote them all in secret. Ryan Gilbey reviews.
Stephan Solzhenitsyn, son of the Nobel Prize-winning writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, reflects on his father's life and legacy, as a new collection of his short stories is published in English for the first time.
Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis talks to Mark about her new film The Help. She reflects on the differences between acting in Hollywood and on stage, and the roles she is offered as an African-American actress.
Producer Georgia Mann.
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Alternative covers for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Chapters
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
Interview with Stephan Solzhenitsyn, son of the Nobel Prize-winning writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Chapter 3
Interview with actress Viola Davis
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Chapter 4
Mark Lawson examines the trend of publishers releasing multiple versions of the same book with Joanne Harris, Caroline Proud and Gavin Pilgrim
Broadcast
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Mon 24 Oct 201119:15
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