Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing?

Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing?

 

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1h 32m 1989 HD

A solo show whose subject - the controversial Scottish psychiatrist Ronald David Laing - has largely faded from public view, starring an actor who doesn't impersonate him. Scottish actor explores Laing's life and work from the perspective of an unnamed genial ad mirer who says he has just come from Laing's funeral in 1989.


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