THE BARDCAST - Sarah de Nordwall - 32. Sacro or Sanctity, Part 2
In this 2nd part of the Sarco or Sanctity episode of our mini-series on Assisted dying, we ask whether drama can save lives. Sarah de Nordwall looks both at a profound monologue from the Priest in the play “Pure Dead Dangerous” and also a quote from Paul Tennant’s play - “A Matter of Conscience” set in 1941. This is a section of the real life sermon that inspired the White Rose Movement of Sophie Scholl.
Robert Cassidy also reads real stories from Dr John Wilkie’s book “Assisted Suicide past and present” that teaches us how quickly safe guards fall and fail when Assisted Dying has been legal…
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