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Art & Gadg is an original radio play by Gregory Evans about the relationship between Arthur Miller (Art) and Elia Kazan (Gadg short for gadget, a nickname of Kazan). [1] The 45-minute play was first transmitted on BBC Radio 4 15 January 2013. [2] It was directed by Marc Beeby.

Gregory Evans is a British television scriptwriter and radio dramatist. He has also published short stories and feature articles in journals such as Harpers & Queen, Woman's Journal, The Observer and The Guardian online, as well as a book for young children, Owl in the House. His stage adaptation of H. E. Bates's novel Fair Stood the Wind for France was produced at the Royal Theatre (Northampton).

Arthur Miller American playwright

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright, essayist, and a controversial figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the Bridge. He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century.

Elia Kazan Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist

Elia Kazan was a Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".

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After 10 years of estrangement, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, two giants of American theatre, are forced to confront their intense, almost brotherly friendship - and how that friendship was destroyed by the great moral and political dilemma of the time. [3]

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Fenella Woolgar is an English actress. She trained at RADA graduating in 1999. She has worked in film with Mike Leigh, Woody Allen, Stephen Frears and Stephen Fry; television – most recently in Harlots for ITV and Hulu; theatre at the Donmar, National, Old Vic and Royal Court and regularly on radio for BBC Radio 4.

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