THE LAWRENCE RAW REVIEW OF ‘THE CORRECTIONS’
Read the review by Lawrence Raw about ‘The Corrections’ which was broadcast on the 13th February. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, adapted by Marcy Kahan. Dir. Emma Harding. Perf. Richard Schiff, Maggie Steed, Julian Rhind-Tutt. BBC Radio 4, 5-19 January 2015. BBCiPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y9lz1 to 23 Feb. 2015. Superficially The Corrections might seem to be a family melodrama reminiscent of the kind of fare that enjoyed a peak of popularity in the fifteen years or so after the end of the Second World War (Death of a Salesman, Picnic, A Streetcar Named Desire). An elderly matriarch Enid Lambert (Maggie Steed) struggles to keep everyone together, although it is clear that no real...