Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDiana, played by the excellent Marianne Oldham, is a woman who has always stayed in the shadows, supporting her husband, Michael, an admired colonel and MP. But when his plane crashes over the Mediterranean in 1942 and he is presumed dead, life opens up for her. First she moves the furniture, then she stands unopposed for her husband's seat and takes her place in parliament, just as her r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM on February 15, 2011