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The revolutionary Georg Buchner on the French Revolution

Howard Brenton on the life and work of Georg Buchner

Howard Brenton discusses the life and work of Georg Buchner whose play, Danton's Death, he translated from German into English for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the National Theatre (dir: Peter Gill star: Brian Cox). William Feaver explores the strange paintings of Chaim Soutine, the wildman of art. Lisa St Aubin de Teran's first novel, Keepers of the House, about a young woman's appalling inheritance, is reviewed by Paul Bailey.

Presented by Waldemar Januszczak.

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29 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project