Why Weren’t Women Allowed to Act in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Here’s to the Ladies who Lunch: One of Sondheim’s Greatest Achievements was Writing Complex Women
The most eclectic of music theatre composers was not only a gifted wordsmith and lyricist, but...
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The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
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“Six Men for Every Four Women”: Gender Inequalities in Theatre Programming Revealed in New Cross-Europe Study
Men continue to outnumber women and hold the most prestigious positions in theatre programmes, a...
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Uganda’s Elvania Namukwaya Who Broke the Glass Ceiling of Theatre
The African theatre scene in the 1960s and the 70s was mainly peopled by men. But there were women...
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“The Welkin” at The National Theatre
History plays should perform a delicate balancing act: they have to tell us something worth...
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Bodies and Bodies and Bodies of Work: A Feminist Perspective on the Notion of ‘Oeuvre’
What does it mean to build an oeuvre as a woman? There are still obstacles on the road that are...
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Krysta Rodriguez on Her Latest Stage Role in “Seared” and Her Collaboration with Theresa Rebeck
If you’re a culture vulture and are interested in TV and theater, most likely, you know a...
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Milly Thomas on Her Off-Broadway Show “Dust” at New York Theatre Workshop
Milly Thomas is a writer and actor who hails from London. She is currently starring off-Broadway...
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Maxine Peake Brings Warmth and Likability to Raw, Bitter Pain in a Candid Tale of IVF Failure
Review: Avalanche: A Love Story, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Sydney Theatre Company. Maxine...
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“The Mecca Tales” in New York
The Mecca Tales is an essential new work of theatre by emerging Chicago-based playwright Rohina...
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Autotheatre in Poland as a Form of Institutional Critique
During the last two seasons we have been observing a distinctive trend of political theatre that...
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Dramaturgy Meets Biography
I am a dramaturg. I am also a biographer. As a dramaturg, I try to help a playwright tell the...
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“La Sección”: Women Submission and Indoctrination. So Far, so Close
La Sección recovers the figure of three women to draw a robot sketch of the submission, obedience...
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“The Wolves” Explores Character Issues Through Soccer Outside Of The Game
Although the PR images of leaping, lunging and levitating female soccer players seem to promise...
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Interview: Rachel Valentine Smith Of The Faction On Gorky’s “Vassa Zheleznova,” Gender Equality And Contemporary Theatre
Rachel Valentine Smith is a director, producer, designer, and filmmaker. She joined The Faction...
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