ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Drama
Drama based on the correspondence of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries, showing a very different man from the popular image. Starring Alex Jennings and Oona Beeson.
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of the still controversial βOrigin of the Speciesβ, this specially commissioned drama is based entirely on Charles and Emma Darwinβs own words and correspondence. Behind the controversial public persona, Darwin was an affectionate family man, fully engaged β sometimes heartbreakingly so β in the lives of his wife, Emma and their children. Emma was not without her own concerns about the spiritual implications of some of her husbandβs ideas, fearing they would undermine his Christian faith. How could he reconcile these apparent contradictions β which, years before the publication of the book, when outlining the theory to a friend, Darwin had said felt βlike confessing a murderβ. The letters recreate the domestic context from which one of the worldβs most influential ideas arose.
Staring Alex Jennings as Charles Darwin and Oona Beeson as Emma.
Directed and produced by Penny Boreham and Ruth Evans. A Ruth Evans Production.
Duratin: 58 minutes.
Unavailable as archive or download.
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- Sat 14 Feb 2009 20:01GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sun 15 Feb 2009 02:01GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sun 15 Feb 2009 23:01GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online