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Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser

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Daisy Goodwin discusses her debut play, By Royal Appointment, which stars Anne Reid as Queen Elizabeth and Caroline Quentin as her dresser, and which opens this week at Theatre Royal, Bath.

The life and legacy of Irish novelist playwright and poet Edna O'Brien is discussed by writer Jan Carson and the director of the documentary Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, Sinead O’Shea.

And we hear from the curator of Design & Disability, an exhibition at the V&A in London which showcases the contributions of Disabled, Deaf, and neurodivergent people to contemporary design and culture since the 1940s.

Plus Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst pays tribute to American writer Edmund White, whose death has just been announced.

Presenter: Kirsty Wark
Producer: Mark Crossan

Published on Wednesday, 4th June 2025.

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