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Caravaggio, Bob Dylan, Dario Fo, Lenin's Train Journey

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the work of playwright Dario Fo, Caravaggio's art and historian Catherine Merridale on her book about Lenin.

The award of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan is discussed by writer Toby Litt and by Anthony Wall, the Editor of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ TV's Arena series who co-produced the Martin Scorsese documentary about Dylan: No Direction ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ and who has made several other films with and about Dylan. As the death of Italian playwright and activist Dario Fo is announced, David Greig Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh is joined by playwright Anders Lustgarten to reflect on Dario Fo's plays. Caravaggio's art explored by curator Letizia Treves, New Generation Thinker Joe Moshenska and playwright Anders Lustgarten. Plus, historian and Russologist Catherine Merridale on her latest book about Lenin's journey from exile in Zurich back to Russia on the eve of the 1917 Revolution. Anne McElvoy presents.

Beyond Caravaggio runs at The National Gallery 12 Oct 2016 To 15 Jan 2017.
Anders Lustgarten's play The Seven Acts of Mercy is at the Royal Shakespeare Company from November 24th to February 10th
Joe Moshenska is the author of A Stain In The Blood and teaches at Cambridge University. He is on the New Generation Thinkers scheme run by ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics who can turn their research into radio.

Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue's novel is called Sudden Death. It's translated by Natasha Wimmer. You can find more about fiction in translation in a collection on our website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh
Catherine's Merridale's account of Lenin's journey from Zurich to Petrograd is Lenin On The Train.

(Image: Interior with a Young Man holding a Recorder, Oil on canvas 103 x 139.5 cm, Cecco del Caravaggio 1615-20, (c) Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford).

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Thu 13 Oct 2016 22:00

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Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Toby Litt
Interviewed Guest Anthony Wall
Interviewed Guest David Greig
Interviewed Guest Anders Lustgarten
Interviewed Guest Letizia Treves
Interviewed Guest Joe Moshenska
Interviewed Guest Catherine Merridale
Presenter Anne McElvoy
Producer Luke Mulhall

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  • Thu 13 Oct 2016 22:00

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