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The Avengers phenomenon, Linda Grant, Adapting Ibsen for today

Avengers: Endgame arrives in cinemas, Linda Grant on her now novel A Stranger City, and the continuing relevance of the plays of Henrik Ibsen.

Avengers: Endgame marks the culmination of 10 years of interlinking Marvel movies. After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, and the loss of some of the world’s biggest heroes, the remaining Avengers re-assemble to try and undo Thanos's actions and restore order to the universe. Critic Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reviews.

Linda Grant discusses her new novel, A Stranger City, a detailed portrait of contemporary, Brexit-scarred London, told through its myriad people living disparate yet interconnected lives, and exploring current-day ideas of home and belonging.

Henrik Ibsen wrote plays about domestic difficulties and social hypocrisy in 19th century small-town Norway. But they clearly speak to 21st-century Britain. With new adaptations soon to be staged across the UK, and Rosmersholm on in the West End and a new production of Ghosts in Northampton, John Wilson talks to Lucy Bailey, director of Ghosts, and Duncan MacMillan, who has adapted Rosmersholm, about the contemporary relevance of Ibsen’s drama and how they mould his work for the stage today.

Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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The Avengers phenomenom

The Avengers phenomenom

Avengers Endgame in in UK cinemas now, certificate 12A.

Images: Main image above, from Left: Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Chris Evans), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in

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Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man in Avengers Endgame

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Linda Grant

Linda Grant

is published by Virago Books on 02 May 2019.

Image: Linda Grant

Image credit: Judah Passow

Adapting Ibsen for today

Adapting Ibsen for today

Henrik Ibsen's Rosmerholm, adapted by Duncan MacMillan and directed by Ian Rickson, is now booking until 20 July 2019 at the Duke of York's Theatre, London.

Image: Hayley Atwell and Tom Burke rehearsingΒ 

Image credit: Johan Persson

Adapting Ibsen for today

Adapting Ibsen for today

Ibsens' Ghosts, directed by Lucy Bailey and adapted by Mike Poulton, is at the Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton until 1 May 2019.

Image: Penny Downie and James WilbyΒ  in Ghosts at the

Image credit: Sheila Burnett

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