EPISODE · Apr 27, 2017 · 39 MIN
Lady Macbeth
from The Film Programme · host BBC Radio 4
With Francine StockWriter/director David Leland revisits Worthing, the setting of his classic drama Wish You Were Here, which immortalised the phrase "up your bum".William Oldroyd discusses his acclaimed low budget drama Lady Macbeth and why it plays with the conventions of how female characters behave in costume dramas.Heal The Living director Kattell Quillevere explains how a change in the medical definition of death has had an emotional impact on bereaved families, which is often overlooked.
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With Francine StockWriter/director David Leland revisits Worthing, the setting of his classic drama Wish You Were Here, which immortalised the phrase "up your bum".William Oldroyd discusses his acclaimed low budget drama Lady Macbeth and why it plays with the conventions of how female characters behave in costume dramas.Heal The Living director Kattell Quillevere explains how a change in the medical definition of death has had an emotional impact on bereaved families, which is often overlooked.
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