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This week on All Things Considered (Sunday 19 August at 8.31am), there's another chance to hear Roy Jenkins in conversation with the actress, writer and teacher, Jane Lapotaire.

Jane Lapotaire has been described as 'one of the most distinguished actresses of her generation.' She has worked with many of the greatest names in her profession, and won awards and acclaim the world over for performances on stage and screen. She has been Cleopatra, Edith Piaf, Marie Curie, and Joan of Arc.

But some years ago, while giving a Shakespeare master class in Paris, Jane Lapotaire collapsed when an artery in her brain burst.

After surviving a six hour operation, she spent three and a half weeks, largely unconscious in Intensive Care. Since then she's been battling to come to terms with her life, her beliefs and her 'new brain', as she puts it.

It's a powerful story, and the subject of her autobiography, Time out of Mind.