Saying all-female productions are inauthentic misses the point " Shakespeare's plays have always been gender-bendingThe acting editions published by Samuel French have traditionally specified the number of male and female roles, using the codes "f" and "m". Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends, for example, offers parts for "3f, 3m", while Euripides's The Bacchae is recommended for "1f, 7m".The reason for these specificat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AM on December 4, 2012