What happens when the baby of a career criminal is adopted into the household of a pious and nurturing family? This is the story of John Richard Birkby, and nature finding nurture.
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The 4th wall is a theatre term for the invisible wall between performers and the audience. When performers speak directly to the audience it’s considered breaking the 4th wall. As the sociologist Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy suggests, we are constantly performing our identities. The interviews on this page were an attempt to enquire beyond the performativity of self.