In 1994 Dennis Potter knew he was going to die. The writer of such television theater masterpieces as "The Singing Detective" and "Pennies from Heaven" had just been diagnosed with untreatable cancer of the liver and pancreas. In a strange move, he agreed to talk with the BBC about his life and immin
Tom Stoppard's intention is always to entertain, first and foremost. Though his plays are intellectually and philosophically rigorous, they're also good stories told with voluble wit. Sometimes he takes too easy a road to difficult issues in science and history, and for this he has been criticized by
As a first-generation immigrant from China, Ping Chong recognized himself as "the other" in a society where whiteness remains the desired identity. So as a multimedia Performance artist, Chong incorporates disparate art forms and dancers of different ethnicities to explore ideas of identity and inclu