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INTERVIEW: Director Chris Hislop on Howard Barker's Gertrude by Laura Kressly

Both " my favourite thing about this play is how it was written to empower an underwritten female character, and yet does such a piss-poor job of doing so. Or maybe it doesn't " maybe Barker's aggressive sexualising of Gertrude and blatant female nudity throughout is his attempt at female empowerment. Either way, he's not a misogynist. Barker's obsession with women has translated into some wonderful parts in his show…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:09AM on May 17, 2016

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