A cheerful Howard Barker talks to Mark Lawson about his relationship with Britain’s subsidized theatres, his status as an “afternoon painter” and his own practices in the rehearsal room in the 3 October edition of the BBC’s Front Row. The interview also features an excerpt from the original 1984 radio production of Scenes from an Execution with Glenda Jackson. Many thanks to David Ian Rabey and Eric Schneider for providing the clip.

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