Sylvestra Le Touzel: why actresses feel shortchanged by Shakespeare by Sylvestra Le Touzel

Playing Hotspur's wife in Henry IV, I learned how Shakespeare put passion into his roles for women but not enough linesInhabiting Shakespeare's women can be frustrating, not because he lacked insight into the female condition but because he didn't give us enough space in which to play. "Have you ever felt that one of your scenes is missing?" Elizabeth Bell once asked me as she adjusted Gertrude's lipstick,…

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