My guest today has been a hugely influential figure my guest today has been a hugely influentialfigure in my guest today has been a hugely influential figure in the my guest today has been a hugely influentialfigure in the performing a rts influentialfigure in the performing arts for more than 50 years. Sir peter hall has directed stage greats from 0livier to gielgud. As boss of the Royal Shakespeare company then the Royal Shakespeare company then the National Theatre, hes always championed state funding for the arts. But with economic hard times come tough questions, our taxpayer subsidies really necessary to foster creative excellence . Sir peter hall, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You have had a long career, more than 50 years in the theatre. You work through good times and bad times, what is the state of the theatre today do you think . Well, first of all one must use the word subsidy and say, you know, with less subsidy things would be healthier. Ive even heard that said from th
Stephen sackur in 2009. My guest today has been a hugely influentialfigure in the performing arts for more than 50 years. Sir peter hall has directed stage greats from olivier to gielgud. As boss of the Royal Shakespeare company and then the National Theatre, hes always championed state funding for the arts. But with economic hard times come tough questions are taxpayer subsidies really necessary to foster creative excellence . Sir peter hall, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You have had a long career, more than 50 years in the theatre. Youve worked through good times and bad times, what is the state of the theatre today do you think . Well, first of all one must use the word subsidy and say, you know, with less subsidy things would be healthier. Ive even heard that said from the right. But the thing that worries me is if we stop subsidy next week, theres still a subsidy, and its a subsidy that the artists give. I dont think the public has any understanding whatsoever that although a f
Dont forget ill be asleep during my presentation, too. Can i sleep too, by prior arrangement . Good morning, everybody, thanks for coming. Im ellis miller and i play rhythm guitar at the Hoover Institution and im the leader of the china leadership monitor. Im grateful to doug paul for agreeing to host and set this thing up and to the Carnegie Institution and alex taylor for all his logistical support. Im grateful to michael and to allen for their contributions to the monitor from very early in its inception. And im sorry that james got pulled away. He was a founding contributor and still rights for us. He would have been the guy to talk about the reconfiguration of the Central Military commission coming out of the congress. We hope to have barry notten he who has been a primary contributor. But barry has backloaded his classes to the end of the week and couldnt rearrange his schedule to come. Im sure Everybody Knows who joe f f fusmith is. Hes a founding contributor to the china leader
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The government says anyone repeatedly caught carrying acid could face a minimum of six months injail. Good morning, its saturday, 14th october. Also this morning desperate efforts to tackle the california wildfires. At least 36 people have now been killed. We hear first hand how whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to ash. I opened the door and i could see a massive wall of flames coming towards my house and i grabbed my phone and my computer and got out into the garage and got in the car andi into the garage and got in the car and i left. Hollywood grapples with the Harvey Weinstein scandal as the organisers of the oscars meet to discuss their response. In sport, two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. Liverpool host Manchester United at anfield as the premier League Returns after the international break. And darren has the weather. Good morning. There is a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. This weekend, even into monday, some warm conditions for many of us