Southwark Playhouse, LondonKathryn Hunter plays the lovelorn French nobleman in this all-female production, but nothing is gained by the gender swapWhat is the point of an all-female Cyrano de Bergerac? To show that women can fill the boots as well as men, and point to centuries of underused talent? To show that male appearance is not God-given but can be manufactured by swaggers and bellows? To prove that words tran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:38AM on February 28, 2016