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HARDtalk - Steven Berkoff

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Sarah Montague interviews Steven Berkoff, the world famous actor, director and playwright. Throughout his forty year career he's railed against mainstream theatre accusing it of mediocrity and of failing to shock its audiences. Perhaps that's why Hollywood always casts him as the baddie. Is Steven Berkoff right? Is the theatre too safe, too comfortable or too bland?