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Compilation: Emma Rice and Gendered Casting at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Compilation: Emma Rice and Gendered Casting at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

The Globe’s Emma Rice: ‘If anybody bended gender it was Shakespeare’ By Mark Brown for The Guardian, 5 January 2016 The fact that just 16% of Shakespeare’s characters are women – and that most of the memorable lines are spoken by men – will not stop Emma Rice’s mission to get a gender-balanced stage at Shakespeare’s Globe. “There is no reason why Gloucester can’t […]

January 9, 2016 · 0 comments · Theaters
Shakespeare’s Globe appoints Emma Rice of Kneehigh as new artistic director

Shakespeare’s Globe appoints Emma Rice of Kneehigh as new artistic director

By Chris Wiegand for The Guardian, 1 May 2015 The job description demanded “visionary and charismatic leadership”, the ability to “command respect and loyalty”, the confidence to take risks and – oh yes – “a knowledge and love of the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries”. Four months after the role was advertised, Emma Rice has been named as the next artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe in London. […]

May 16, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters