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Rachel Cusk's Medea: a lesson in gender politics ancient and modern, onstage and off by Lyn Gardner

As the response to the Almeida's updated take on Euripides has shown, some audiences and critics are still wary of female protagonists " and the women behind themIt has been a fascinating few days for women and theatre. Comments by Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of the Royal Court " about how critical and audience responses to male and female dominated narratives are markedly different, and that strong fem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM on October 5, 2015

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