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Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

Synopsis
Director Phyllida Lloyd talks to Heather Neill about her 2012 all-female version of Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), whose cast includes Frances Barber, Jenny Jules, Cush Jumbo and Harriet Walter. Lloyd talks about her wish to give women roles usually denied them and her reasons for setting the play in a women’s prison (research was done at Holloway Prison).
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Audio; Multimedia
Recording date
18 Dec 2012
Duration
37 mins

Credits

Contributor
Heather Neill; Phyllida Lloyd

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Julius Caesar
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
prisons; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-female casts
Related items
Julius Caesar

Notes

Notes
Recordings can be listened to online at the Theatrevoice archive: http://www.theatrevoice.com/the_archive.
General
Theatrevoice is a website for audio content about British theatre, and features journalists from across the UK as well as press and practitioners from across the theatre industry. It was set up in 2003 to see if theatre could be talked about in a new way: allowing critics to be more expansive than the usual space constraints of the print media allowed. In 2008, V&A Theatre Collections and Rose Bruford College, London agreed to support the site in partnership. (http://www.theatrevoice.com/about_us/, accessed 7/2010)

Production Company

Name

Theatrevoice

Email
info@theatrevoice.com
Web
http://www.theatrevoice.com External site opens in new window
Notes
Theatrevoice is the leading online site for audio content about British theatre.

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