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Night Waves - Julius Caesar

Night Waves - Julius Caesar

Samira Ahmed hosts a discussion about cross casting with Fiona Shaw and Carol Rutter a...

Arts & Ideas · BBC Radio 4

December 5, 201245m 13s

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Show Notes

Samira Ahmed hosts a discussion about cross casting with Fiona Shaw and Carol Rutter as the all female production of Julius Caesar opens at the Donmar Warehouse and Susannah Clapp gives a first night review. Tim Pat Coogan talks about his new book and what he sees as the role of Britain in the Irish Potato Famine of 1845. There's a discussion about the role of violence in Buddhist history and traditions and Samira meets two up and coming Brazilian writers: Michel Laub and Tatiana Salem Levy.