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Everyman, Far from the Madding Crowd, Empire, Anne Enright, Christopher Williams

Carol Ann Duffy's Everyman, Far from the Madding Crowd with Carey Mulligan, Empire on TV, Anne Enright's novel The Green Road and the Christopher Williams photography exhibition.

Carol Ann Duffy has adapted the 16th century morality play Everyman for London's National Theatre, with Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role There's a new film version of Far From The Madding Crowd, this time with Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene - is it fair to compare it with the 1969 version?
Empire is a TV phenomenon in the US; a tale of power and intrigue at a hip hop record label - like a black Dynasty crossed with King Lear - it has drawn unprecedented audiences and now it's come to the UK
Anne Enright''s novel The Green Road tells the individual stories of a geographically-dispersed Irish family who are brought back together for a family gathering with all the pressure that unavoidably ensues
A retrospective exhibition of Christopher Williams photography at The Whitechapel Gallery in London looks at the unexpected beauty and cultural resonance of commercial, industrial and instructional photography.

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45 minutes

FILM: Far From the Madding Crowd (PG 13)

FILM: Far From the Madding Crowd (PG 13)
In cinemas nationwide

EXHIBITION: Christopher Williams

EXHIBITION: Christopher Williams
At the , 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London, E1 7QX 

Until 21 June 2015
Image credit:Christopher WilliamsBergische Bauernscheune, Junkersholz, Leichlingen, September 29, 2009 (2010)
Private Collection, BelgiumImage courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne and David Zwirner, New York/London 

THEATRE: Everyman

THEATRE:  Everyman
At the , South Bank, London, SE1 9PX 

Until 30 August 2015

A scene from Everyman – centre - Chiwetel Ejiofor - Everyman(photograph by Richard Hubert Smith)

BOOK: The Green Road

by Anne Enright (pub by Jonathan Cape)

TV: Empire

TV: Empire
On E4 Tuesdays at 9 pm and repeated the following Thursday at 11 pm

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 May 2015 19:15

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