Omnibus

- Season 17

(1983)

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The history of the Old Vic Theatre near London's Waterloo told by famous actors and actresses who have played there over the years since its founding by Lillian Baylis who, in effect, helped create The National Theatre, The Sadler's Wells Ballet and English National Opera. At the time of the programme's transmission the Theatre had been bought by a Canadian businessman, Ed Mirvish who, with his son David, set about restoring it to its former glory and re-opening it.

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Tonight Omnibus features two artists separated by more than 60 years. The first is the 14-year-old Greek pianist, Dimitris Sgouros. Already a renowned performer on the international stage, this child prodigy has been compared to Mozart. What is it like to have so much talent so young and what pressures must this boy prodigy endure? The second artist is the painter Eileen Agar. Once described as the 'darling of the Surrealists' she talks tonight about her life and work, recalling the holiday with Picasso, and friendships with Ezra Pound and Evelyn Waugh.

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