Breakfast programme : theatre in education & genetic engineering.

Date:
1995
  • Audio

About this work

Description

How to teach school children about genetic selection or engineering? The Y Touring company is currently taking the play 'The Gift' around schools in Northumberland. The lead character in the play has discovered that his father selected him genetically, screening out the family's inherited disorder, Friedrich's Ataxia, from which his aunt had died. This provokes heated debate about rare diseases, recessive genes and the ethics of genetic selection. The play was a success with the students.

Publication/Creation

Newcastle : Radio Newcastle, 1995.

Physical description

1 sound cassette (5 min.)

Notes

Broadcast on 19th October 1995

Copyright note

Radio Newcastle

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

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