An operatic adaptation of Hamlet by the celebrated Australian composer Brett Dean this year made its North American debut at the famous Metropolitan Opera in New York. Brett joins us to reflect on his career and the challenge of bringing Shakespeare’s famous Dane to the opera stage.

Also, we hear a scene from Dorr-e Dari, a celebration of love expressed in poetry, music and stories drawn from the Persian-speaking world and we delve into the golden age of radio drama with Peter Philp, author of Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from 1920s to 1970s.