The Play Podcast

The Play Podcast - 097 - Giant, by Mark Rosenblatt


Listen Later

Episode 097: Giant by Mark Rosenblatt

Host: Douglas Schatz Guest: Mark Rosenblatt

Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. Each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We’ll discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.

It is 1983, and the famous children’s author Roald Dahl’s life is in some turmoil. He has just divorced his wife of 30 years, and his new fiancée has just moved into the family home and has initiated disruptive renovations to the house, disturbing his very particular writing routines. Dahl also now finds himself the target of publlic outrage for the antisemitism contained in his recent published criticism of Israel’s violent attack on Lebanon. Representatives from his British and American publishers have arrived to try to persuade Dahl to issue some conciliatory response, but Dahl is characteristically disinclined to retreat from his deeply-felt opinions.

This is the premise for Mark Rosenblatt’s award-winning first play Giant, which is currently earning five-star reviews in London’s West End. I am delighted to be joined by the play’s author, Mark Rosenblatt, to explore his electrifying play.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Play PodcastBy Douglas Schatz

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

26 ratings


More shows like The Play Podcast

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,457 Listeners

Front Row by BBC Radio 4

Front Row

132 Listeners

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 by BBC Radio 4

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

2,114 Listeners

Desert Island Discs by BBC Radio 4

Desert Island Discs

2,079 Listeners

Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Approaching Shakespeare

334 Listeners

Bookclub by BBC Radio 4

Bookclub

237 Listeners

London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

London Review Bookshop Podcast

127 Listeners

The TLS Podcast by The TLS

The TLS Podcast

188 Listeners

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST by ADAM BUXTON

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

1,273 Listeners

Backlisted by Backlisted

Backlisted

589 Listeners

Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited by Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited

816 Listeners

Pilot TV by Empire Magazine

Pilot TV

186 Listeners

Kermode & Mayo’s Take by Sony Music Entertainment

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

327 Listeners

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club by Plosive

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

51 Listeners

The Rest Is Entertainment by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Entertainment

874 Listeners