It follows a group of strangers as they grapple with the question: if you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be? Although all the characters are deceased, the play is a celebration of life, and about what matters to us most.
The playwright Jack Thorne is part of the collaborative team (with designer Bunny Christie and director Jeremy Herrin) behind the National Theatre’s new play, After Life, based on Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film. Jarret’s book is an impassioned plea for everyone – old and young – to engage and make plans for the end. In 33 Meditations on Death – Notes from the Wrong End of Medicine he draws on family stories and case histories from his three decades treating those who become old and frail. It’s a view shared by the consultant geriatrician David Jarrett. As Shriver looks at how that decision might play out in reality, she’s arguing for a more open discussion about the end of life. The couple at the centre of her novel make a pact to end their lives when they hit 80, to avoid a slow decline either physically or mentally. In her latest book, Should We Stay Or Should We Go, the writer Lionel Shriver explores a number of alternative endings. In a year when Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on families, with loved ones dying sometimes alone in hospital or without the usual funeral rites, Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss mortality and what it means to have ‘a good death’. Lionel Shriver Should We Stay or Should We Go: A Novel Kindle Edition by Lionel Shriver (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 2,139 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry.
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