"Theatre Talk" will play host May 29 to Adrian Noble, the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) of England, which is now presenting five plays at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The show will air at 12:30 AM (actually Saturday morning, May 30) on WNET, Channel 13.

The RSC's productions of Hamlet, Henry VIII, and Krapp's Last Tape will finish performances this weekend. The troupe will also present productions of Cymbeline and Everyman. For details on performance dates and times, check Playbill On-Line's related story on the RSC.

Also appearing on the same episode of "Theater Talk" will be Paul Gemignani, the musical director of Broadway's High Society, who will talk about the importance of Stephen Sondheim; and playwright David Henry Hwang, whose Tony-nominated, Broadway play Golden Child will close May 31.

"Theater Talk" is hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for The Daily News, and Susan Haskins of The New York Theatre Wire.

-- By Robert Simonson