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Death and Taxis
1st Broadcast 11th May 2016 to 1st June 2016 on BBC Radio 4
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A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4
Synopsis
Everyone who is anyone in New York from 1976 to 1987 is in Warhol's diary - from Mick Jagger to Donald Trump.
"Friday, 30th August 1978: The doorbell rang, and it was Liza. She said, 'give me every drug you've got.' I gave them some coke, Valium and four Quaaludes. A little figure in a white hat came up, and it was Marty Scorsese, hiding around the corner. He and Liza went off to have their affair on all the drugs. (Valium $1)"
Beginning in the fall of 1976, America's most famous artist Andy Warhol talked to his secretary by phone at 9:00 AM, every Monday to Friday morning, for ten years. He would talk about the events of the previous day, and his office would transcribe his monologues into diary pages.
The diary began as a careful recording of his use of money, from phone calls to nickels for bag-ladies to cab rides (lots of cab rides) but quickly evolved into Warhol's personal observations. It was posthumously published in 1989 - a condensed version of Andy's more-than-20,000 page, phoned-in audit/diary.
The core themes to the dramas are Warhol's loves (art, men, fame, money, mainly money) and his fears (failure, embarrassment, death, mainly death).
The episodes follow four key themes, using four people in Andy's life from 1976-1987 - homeless Crazy Matty, Warhol's boyfriend Jon Gould, writer Truman Capote and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Woven into this world are buddies Mick and Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Liza Minnelli and Donald Trump.
Nobody escapes his sharp tongue.
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Cast
Bianca Jagger Ronni Ancona
Jerry Hall Ronni Ancona
Jade Jagger Ronni Ancona
Andy Warhol Scott Capurro
Mick Jagger Jon Culshaw
John Lennon Jon Culshaw
Muhammed Ali Jon Culshaw
Fred Hughes Kerry Shale
Ronnie Cutrone Martin Sherman
Steve Rebell Jon Culshaw
Truman Capote Kerry Shale
Bob Macbride Martin Sherman
Rock Manager Martin Sherman
Ivana Trump Ronni Ancona
Donald Trump Jon Culshaw
Fred Hughes Kerry Shale
Lewis Allen Kerry Shale
Jon Gould Martin Sherman
Dr Bernsohn Jon Culshaw
Jean Michel Basquiat Abdul Salis
Bruno Bischofberger Kerry Shale
Crazy Matty Kerry Shale
Bouncer Martin Sherman
Episodes
Episode 1
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Dramatised by Sean Grundy, Warhol captures New York high society from 1976 to 1987. Based on The Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett.
Episode 2
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Dramatised by Sean Grundy, Warhol captures New York high society from 1976 to 1987. Based on The Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett.
Episode 3
Called Sometimes I Feel
Dramatised by Sean Grundy, Warhol captures New York high society from 1976 to 1987. Based on The Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett.
Episode 4
Title Unknown
Dramatised by Sean Grundy, Warhol captures New York high society from 1976 to 1987. Based on The Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett.
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Comment by Dirk Maggs
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Running Time
4 Episodes 15 Minutes duration
