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'It's astonishing writers still deem women uninteresting'
Despite the recent trend for women taking on male Shakespeare roles, actress Glenda Jackson - who played King Lear last year - says she feels writers still don't seem interested in telling female-led stories.
The former MP talks to Jenni Murray returning to the stage at 80 after 23 years in politics and why she finds it "bewildering" that more women's stories don't make it onto screen and stage.
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