Dr James Partridge OBE, Sally Jacobs, Angela Buxton, Philip Horniblow OBE - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Pictured: Dr James Partridge OBE (c) Paul Chambers Photography

Julian Worricker on:

The theatre designer, Sally Jacobs, whose work included a groundbreaking production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, set in a white box on stage….

James Partridge, whose life was transformed by facial burns suffered in a car accident, and who went on to campaign for equal treatment for all, irrespective of appearance….

The tennis player Angela Buxton, who faced discrimination in the sport because of her Jewish heritage, and who formed a winning doubles partnership with Althea Gibson….

And Philip Horniblow, variously described as a mountaineer, soldier, spy and doctor, who spent thirty years of his working life in the Middle East.

Interviewed guest: Anna Furse
Interviewed guest: Phyllida Swift
Interviewed guest: Richard Evans
Interviewed guest: Dawn Robertson
Interviewed guest: Nigel Gifford

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Peter Brook 1970, RSC / MIT Global Shakespeare; The Reunion, Radio 4 08/05/2015; Turandot: Puccini’s Final Opera, Royal Opera House 25/09/2013; ITV News 17/08/2020; About Face, Radio 4 18/07/1993; North West Tonight, BBC One 02/07/2004; Angela Buxton on Althea Gibson, BET News 2004; Fry v Buxton, Wimbledon Ladies’ Finals, BBC Sound Archive 07/07/1956; Nationwide, BBC One 15/06/1981.

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