Jonathan Coe on Satire
Mary Ann Sieghart discusses satire with the novelist Jonathan Coe, cartoonist Peter Brookes, theatre director Roger Michell and playwright Mia Chung.
On Start the Week Mary Ann Sieghart takes a satirical look at the world with the novelist Jonathan Coe. His latest book is a state-of-the-nation satire which takes aim at politics, social media and inequality. It's the battle between ideals and pragmatism in the cynical world of the political elite of the 1920s which takes centre stage in the play Waste, famously banned when it was first written, now revived and directed by Roger Michell. The Times' political cartoonist, Peter Brookes, celebrates the power of the visual image to lampoon the country's leaders and the playwright Mia Chung explores whether satire can do justice to the questions raised by a regime like North Korea and talks about her latest play about two sisters fleeing the country.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Jonathan Coe
is a novelist.
Number 11 is published by Viking.
Peter Brookes
Peter Brookes is political cartoonist for The Times.
Testing Times is published by The Robson Press.
Roger Michell
Roger Michell is a director.
Waste is on at the National Theatre until 19 March.
Mia Chung
is a playwright.
You For Me For You is on at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 3 December.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Mary Ann Sieghart |
| Interviewed Guest | Jonathan Coe |
| Interviewed Guest | Roger Michell |
| Interviewed Guest | Peter Brookes |
| Interviewed Guest | Mia Chung |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 23 Nov 2015 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 23 Nov 2015 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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