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Laura Wade eavesdrops on historic conversations between men and women to explore today's thorniest gender issues
5. Darcy's proposal to Elizabeth in Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Laura Wade eavesdrops on conversations between men and women from the past to examine some of today's thorniest gender issues

5. Professor John Mullan from University College London decodes Darcy's proposal and Elizabeth's refusal in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and considers contemporary expectations of marriage

Recent high profile campaigns around thorny subjects such as sexual consent, harassment and assault, the pay gap and power imbalances between men and women have encouraged many of us to re-examine everyday gender relations. In ten programmes covering the last 500 years, Laura Wade eavesdrops on literary encounters between men and women to explore some of today鈥檚 most pressing issues.

Readings by real-life couple Adrian Lester and Lolita Chakrabarti

Laura Wade is an Olivier award-winning playwright - author of 鈥淧osh" 鈥湷扇丝焓, I鈥檓 Darling鈥 and a recent adaptation of Jane Austen's The Watsons

Producer; Beaty Rubens

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14 minutes

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Fri 14 Feb 2020 13:45

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  • Fri 14 Feb 2020 13:45