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Woman's Hour

Hollywood film producer Deborah Snyder, Young women and voting, Machinal star Rosie Sheehy

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Deborah Snyder has produced some of the biggest blockbusters and action franchises in the last decade including Wonder Woman, 300 and Watchmen. Her newest work, Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver arrives on Netflix this week. It's the second instalment of the Rebel Moon series, a space opera set in a fictional galaxy with a female protagonist. Deborah produced it alongside her husband and long-term creative collaborator, director Zack Snyder. She joins Jessica Creighton live in the studio.

A proposed new UK tournament for women's tennis at The Queen's Club in London is facing a set-back. They need to convince the men's professional tennis circuit that they won't damage the grass for the men's tournament at the same club the following week. The week-long women's event would be staged for the first time in 2025, and would replace Eastbourne as the only Women's Tennis Association 500 event, taking place in the UK in the run-up to Wimbledon. Jess speaks to tennis broadcaster Catherine Whitaker to discuss.

Today is the deadline to register to vote in the local elections on May 2nd. The most recent data suggest that 4.3 million young people in England aren’t currently registered. Jessica speaks to Sharon Gaffka, who’s supporting the Give an X campaign, calling on young people to get involved. A survey by the youth led charity My Life My Say also says that fewer than 1 in 6 of young women trust politicians and more than four in 10 believe their vote won’t make a difference in an election. Also joining Jessica is Rosie Campbell, Professor of Politics and Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, to explain the trends behind the latest data.

In 1927 journalist Sophie Treadwell attended the sensational trial of Ruth Snyder, a New York woman accused murdering her husband. Ruth was found guilty, along with her accomplice lover Henry Judd Gray, and both were executed by electric chair in January 1928. Those events inspired Sophie Treadwell to write the play Machinal, which premiered on Broadway later that year. A recent production has just transferred from the Theatre Royal Bath to the Old Vic in London and its star, Rosie Sheehy, along with US academic Dr Jessie Ramey join Jessica to discuss the case of Ruth Snyder and why Machinal still resonates with audiences today.

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Hello I'm Jessica Krieton, welcome to the Woman's Hour Podcast. podcast. vote. Have you done it? Today is the last day to do so ahead of the local elections on the second of May.

0:56.0

It only takes five minutes online, but the latest figures show that more than 4 million young people are not yet registered and a recent survey shows that

1:05.8

young women are less likely to trust politicians in comparison to young men.

1:11.2

Former Love Island contestant now campaigner Sharon Gaffka, will be joining us.

1:16.2

She wants to tell young people, your vote does matter.

1:20.3

Also, how a play originally produced almost a century ago is still engrossing audiences today.

1:26.4

Macanal first opened in 1920s America and focuses on a woman accused of murdering her husband, but many of its themes, including societal

1:35.3

expectations of women, are still relevant today. We'll hear from the star of the production

1:40.4

currently running in London. And have what I guess we have for

1:45.4

you coming up in the women's hour studio this morning a powerhouse Hollywood

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producer Deborah Snyder has been the driving force behind countless big budget blockbusters including

1:57.1

300 Wonder Woman and Batman v Superman will be discussing not just her career but also female representation in the

2:06.2

movie industry and I do wonder has Deborah Snyder ever had to deal with the kind of

2:11.1

incident that we saw recently involving actor and

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