WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?
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Duke of York's Theatre
By Brian Clark
Director Peter Hall
Starring Kim Cattrall
Lighting Paul Pyant
Sound Design Gregory Clarke
Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and Mark Rubinstein
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? was a revival of Brian Clark's 1976 play. It follows the talented and sparky, sculptor Claire Harrison (played by Kim Cattrall) after a serious road accident leaves her paralysed. The play explores Claire indomitable spirit and her desire to reclaim control over decisions about her own life and death. Set in a hospital ward, it focuses on the question of whether we have a right to decide our own fate and the patriarchal nature of the medical establishment.
Lucy Hall's set design - using walkways on different levels and curtain tracks to segment the stage - cleverly suggests a modern, busy hospital without littering it with the clutter of medical paraphernalia' Peter Brown, London Theatre Guide
'Peter Hall's production, with its rushing sidelong movement, also avoids the cliches of a medical soap' Michael Billington, The Guardian