One Hundred and Fifty Days

Name: One Hundred and Fifty Days
Director: Kirsty Williams

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A poetic and powerful drama by Oliver Emanuel, who fell ill and eventually succumbed to brain cancer before its completion. A man and a woman are caught in a rip tide, and find the life they might have had together flashing in front of their eyes. Another man and a woman are caught in an impossible situation - the life they have together flashing in front of their eyes. Adapted by Emanuel's widow Victoria Beesley and director Kirsty Williams and featuring Robin Laing, Shauna Macdonald and Robert Jack

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Fiona Hughes

When dramatist Oliver Emanuel died 150 days after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, he was partway through a new radio play. He had found it too difficult to finish and had switched to recording his response to his predicament.

His wife Victoria Beesley was with him for every step of his illness and here, with director Kirsty Williams, she has spliced together the unfinished play with his final writings to create this truthful and poetic account of his and her experience of his cancer. A magnificent tribute.

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rolenamePerformerRobin LaingPerformerShauna MacdonaldPerformerRobert JackWriterOliver EmanuelAdapted byVictoria BeesleyAdapted byKirsty WilliamsDirectorKirsty Williams

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