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Woman's Hour: 27/01/2011

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27/01/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 27/01/2011

With Jenni Murray. Including women playing male Shakespearean roles.

With Jenni Murray. Including women playing male Shakespearean roles. Are milk teeth being neglected? Maria Sveland, author of Bitter Bitch; and women and computer gaming.

Jenni Murray presents. Including Swedish author Maria Sveland who talks about her novel "Bitter Bitch", described as a 'Fear of Flying for the 21st century'. Online games may be thought of as the preserve of geeky blokes and teenage boys - but new research shows women particularly those over fifty are taking an increasing interest. What games are women playing, and why? In the twenties one of the biggest stars of the screen was a Danish actress called Asta Nielsen. One of her most famous roles was as Hamlet. To mark a screening of the film we'll be talking about her performance and talking about the present-day actresses who are taking on some of the traditionally male roles in Shakespeare. Jenni is joined by acclaimed actress Kathryn Hunter and by Professor Tony Howard. And a leading paediatric dentist, Monty Duggal, explains why he thinks dentists are routinely failing children with serious tooth decay.

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