RSC's King John throws women into battle
Shakespeare lived in a man's world " but the RSC is recasting his 'battle play' King John with women in the thick of the actionLike many 21st-century women, theatre director Maria Aberg doesn't unquestioningly accept the modern relevance of Shakespeare. The society he wrote in for much of his life may have been governed by a queen, but most women's lives were defined by their relationships to men, as mothers, wives o…