The revolutionary Georg Buchner on the French Revolution

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Howard Brenton discusses the life and work of Georg Buchner whose play, Danton's Death, he translated from German into English for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the National Theatre (dir: Peter Gill star: Brian Cox). William Feaver explores the strange paintings of Chaim Soutine, the wildman of art. Lisa St Aubin de Teran's first novel, Keepers of the House, about a young woman's appalling inheritance, is reviewed by Paul Bailey. Presented by Waldemar Januszczak.