Audio: Feminism
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Queen Lear: Ursula Mohan discusses a new production with a woman in the title role
23rd June 2014
SHAKESPEARE: LEAR Ursula Mohan tells Sophie Reynolds about the challenges and rewards of playing Shakespeare’s troubled sovereign. Mohan is currentl...
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Director and cast of the RSC First Encounters Taming of the Shrew share their views
23rd April 2014
SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Director Michael Fentiman, actors Katy Stephens (Petruchio) and Forbes Masson (Katherina) talk to Judi Herman abo...
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Unfinished Histories: Susan Croft introduces Re-Staging Revolutions
14th November 2013
INTERVIEW: SUSAN CROFT The writer and historian talks to Aleks Sierz about Re-Staging Revolutions, an exhibition — with talks and other events — a...
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Clean Break: playwright Katie Hims discusses her new play Billy the Girl
2nd November 2013
INTERVIEW: KATIE HIMS The playwright discusses her new play, Billy the Girl (Soho Theatre), which was commissioned by the Clean Break Theatre Company,...
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Pippa Nixon on four of her Shakespearean roles for the RSC
14th June 2013
INTERVIEW: PIPPA NIXON The actress, who is currently playing Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by Maria Aberg, and Ophelia in Hamlet, directed by D...
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The Orange Tree’s Sam Walters discovers a forgotten 1920s feminist play
17th February 2013
INTERVIEW: SAM WALTERS The artistic director of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond takes Aleks Sierz on a journey of discovery to explore the world o...
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Director Phyllida Lloyd introduces her all-female Julius Caesar
20th December 2012
SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESAR The renowned director Phyllida Lloyd talks to Heather Neill about her acclaimed all-female version of Julius Caesar (Donmar...
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Director Toby Frow discusses The Taming of the Shrew at the Globe
22nd August 2012
SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Toby Frow, director of the play at Shakespeare's Globe this summer, talks to Heather Neill about his production o...
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Elgiva Field explores the dark world of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge
12th March 2012
INTERVIEW: ELGIVA FIELD The Artistic Director of Oblique House theatre company leads Aleks Sierz through the dark deeds and political complexities of ...
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