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Half the job

I saw one where all the roles were cast across gender, men playing women and women playing men. It illuminated the play's implicit sexism interestingly. For example, Helena seemed particularly self-debasing when played by a man.

Posted by Hamlet on March 21, 1997 at 11:04:57
 In Reply to "how would you feel if you saw a performance of Midsummer where all the men were played by women?" posted by al on March 15, 1997 at 20:43:09


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