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From Shakespeare to The Lion King, Julie Taymor brings magic and drama to classic stories
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From Shakespeare to The Lion King, Julie Taymor brings magic and drama to classic stories
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The theatre director and filmmaker talked to Eleanor Wachtel in 2014 about the phenomenal success of her musical, The Lion King; adapting Shakespeare's plays to the screen; and her film linking the lyrics of hit Beatles songs, Across the Universe.
Released:
Jul 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (26)
In her prizewinning fiction, Sigrid Nunez deals with life — and death — with empathy and wit: WARNING: This discussion deals with suicide. Sigrid Nunez's eighth title, The Friend, won the 2018 U.S. National Book Award. Hailed as "a subtle, unassuming masterpiece," it follows a woman grieving the death of her friend as she cares for his 180-pound Great Dane. Nunez followed it with What Are You Going Through, which was named a New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2020. Her new novel, The Vulnerables, takes place during the early days of Covid lockdown. *This interview originally aired on May 30, 2021. by Writers and Company