Actors Roger Rees, Alessandro Nivola and Charlotte Parry join us to discuss their roles in the Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan's classic 1947 drama "The Winslow Boy." This production was created at London's Old Vic and transferred to Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company. Set in 1913, the iconic British play deals with a family's fight for justice during which they lose almost everything they once valued, yet gain so much more. Next, we take a look back at a Theater Talk interview from 2011 during Rattigan's centenary celebration, with critics John Simon and John Heilpern plus actor Edward Hibbert discussing Rattigan's career as England's most important playwright, as well as the reversal of his artistic reputation when the British cultural elites subsequently rejected his work in favor of the more modern and dynamic works of Osborne, Pinter and Beckett. Taped: 11-2013 Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.) The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts.

• published: 19 Nov 2013
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