An interview with Irish playwright Conor McPherson, and an excerpt from an interview with screenwriter and playwright Christopher Hampton

Date

2008-02-24

Interviewer: Wachtel, Eleanor

Host: Wachtel, Eleanor

Interviewee: McPherson, Conor, 1971-

Interviewee: Hampton, Christopher, 1946-

Producer: Stinson, Mary (Producer)

Producer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description

This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with Irish playwright Conor McPherson. The author of The Weir and Shining City has a new supernatural success with The Seafarer. One of the characters in The Seafarer who shows up at a Christmas Eve card game is in fact the devil in a more sympathetic portrayal than usual. This episode also includes excerpts from an interview with screenwriter and playwright Christopher Hampton about his play and film, Dangerous Liaisons.

Physical description

1 online resource (1 audio file (52 min., 24 sec.))

Location

Dublin (Ireland)

London (England)

Toronto (Ont.)

Subject

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Networks

CBC Books

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Wachtel, Eleanor. Writers & company

Authorship--Anecdotes

McPherson, Conor, 1971-

Dramatists, Irish--21st century--Interviews

McPherson, Conor, 1971- Plays. Selections

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Ireland

Fathers and daughters--Drama

Divorced men--Drama

Christmas plays

Dublin (Ireland)--Drama

Dramatists, English--Interviews

Hampton, Christopher, 1946-

Laclos, Choderlos de, 1741-1803. Liaisons dangereuses. English

Dangerous liaisons (Motion picture)

Genre

Discussion

Literary readings

Interviews

Sound recordings

Type of resource

Sound recording non-musical

Language

English

Part of

Writers & Company

Identifier

WritersAndCo-2008-02-24

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