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Not Hamlet: Meditations on the Frail Position of Women in Drama

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Not Hamlet: Meditations on the Frail Position of Women in Drama

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"A thoughtful and considered kick up the arse to conspiracy theorists and to patriarchy" - Michael Boyd, Artistic Director RSC

Cleopatra, La Pucelle, Ophelia, Shaw's St. Joan and Ibsen's Hedda - a handful of seminal roles for women in the classical canon. Janet Suzman has played them all and directed some. Here she examines their complexity and explores why only Cleopatra has an independence that allows her to speak to modern women.

None of these, regrettably, matches up to a Hamlet, but as she is grateful for the parts he did write, Suzman feels a lightly-barbed attack on those who doubt Shakespeare's authorship is way overdue. She also takes issue with received ideas on boy-actors playing mature women in Shakespeare's company, and reflects on how female characters in classical drama have not been on a level with their male counterparts. Today, on TV, film and the stage, this remains the case. Not Hamlet but Hamlette, please.




Author: Janet Suzman
Publisher: Oberon Books
Publication Date: Oct 23, 2012
Number of Pages: 192 pages
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10: 1849432015
ISBN-13: 9781849432016
 

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