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What did everyday life look like for women throughout Tudor society? A new social history, The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton, introduces us not only to the restrictions, but also to some of...
Olivia Vinall (Desdemona) and Lyndsey Marshal (Emilia) talk about their characters, the relationship between them and the position of women in the world of the play. Includes footage from the National...
Pat Quigley, education liaison of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, interviews five actresses about their experiences playing women in Shakespeare’s plays. Includes black and white footage of...
Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week she talks to Pamela Brown, who in her new book - The Diva’s Gift to the Shakespearean...
This podcast is presented by Ben Lawrence and is a collaboration between The Telegraph and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). This episode looks at Lady Macbeth and the witches and features director Polly...
Radio series. Third and last in a series of lectures by the actor John Bell. Here he explores Shakespeare’s depiction of women.
Discussion series spotlighting prominent women from the theatre. In this episode Linda Winer (Newsday critic) talks to Tina Packer, the founder, president and artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in...
Video of a lecture by Dr. Sharon Beehler recorded at The Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Montana, USA.
Panel discussion on women actors playing Shakespeare and what is particular about playing his characters. Recorded at the Shakespearean Authority Trust Conference, ‘The Merciful Construction of Good...
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare’s time, only men appeared on stage, with teenage boys playing the women’s parts. Today, women play women and sometimes menand vice-versa. In...
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