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David Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere Children

Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield, Welkin at the National Theatre, Motherwell by Deborah Orr, Pregnancy exhibition at the Foundling Museum and The Windermere Children.

Armando Iannucci has taken on Dickens' David Copperfield with Dev Patel in the lead role
A new play by Lucy Kirkwood, Welkin, has opened at London's National Theatre. The Welkin is set in Norfolk in 1759, when a jury of matrons is called to try a female murder suspect who is 'pleading the belly' in order to avoid execution
Motherwell is the memoir of journalist, the late Deborah Orr recounting her childhood and growing up in Scotland and trying to break from her family
Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is a new exhibition at London's Foundling Museum which looks at how artists have shown pregnant women over the centuries. Admission fee charged.
The Windermere Children on 麻豆社2 is the story of 300 Polish child survivors of concentration camps who were brought to the UK after the war and billetted in The Lake District

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The producer is Oliver Jones

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51 minutes

The Welkin

The Welkin
National Theatre

Until 23rd May 2020


Image credit: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg聽

Motherwell - A Girlhood

Motherwell - A Girlhood
by Deborah Orr

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson


Image credit: Felicity McCabe聽

Portraying Pregnancy

Portraying Pregnancy
Foundling Museum

Until 26th April 2020

Image credit: James Gillray ... and wouldst thou turn the vile reproach on me? 1807 (Detail) Private Collection

The Windermere Children

The Windermere Children
麻豆社 2 begins 9pm

Monday 27th January 2020


Image credit: 麻豆社/Wall to Wall/ZDF

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  • Sat 25 Jan 2020 19:15

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