Vicky Featherstone, director of London's Royal Court theatre, has said audiences are less at ease with female leads than with male ones. Is she right?Mark Shenton, joint lead critic and associate editor of the Stage The assertion by Royal Court artistic director Vicky Featherstone that female playwrights are judged more harshly " by audiences or critics " than their male counterparts seems absurd to me, especially wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AM on October 3, 2015