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Satire on stage and page in Edinburgh

A new production of The Beggar's Opera and prints and paintings by HonorΓ© Daumier

Final report from the Edinburgh International Festival starts with a review of a new "noisy, brawling" production of John Gay's Beggar's Opera by Scottish Opera. Plus, works by artist and caricaturist HonorΓ© Daumier at the Royal Scottish Academy, prize-winning Dances of Love and Death from London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and a tin violin.
Presenter: Robert Logan.

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29 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

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