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Something different for our last episode on the Great Political Fictions as this time David talks to the person who wrote it: Tim Rice, the lyricist of the epic musical about the life of Eva Peron, Evita (co-written with Andrew Lloyd-Webber). Where did the idea for such an unlikely subject come from? Why has it struck a chord with politicians from Thatcher to Trump? What does it say about the relationship between celebrity, populism and power?
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Something different for our last episode on the Great Political Fictions as this time David talks to the person who wrote it: Tim Rice, the lyricist of the epic musical about the life of Eva Peron, Evita (co-written with Andrew Lloyd-Webber). Where did the idea for such an unlikely subject come from? Why has it struck a chord with politicians from Thatcher to Trump? What does it say about the relationship between celebrity, populism and power?
Sign up now to PPF+ to get ad-free listening and all our bonus episodes – including a new bonus episode on Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America www.ppfideas.com
Next time: Adam Rutherford on counterfactual science to kick off our new series on ‘What Ifs…’
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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