Harriet Walter: On the Donmar stage, all Shakespeare's players are women by Harriet Walter

Shakespeare's older heroines are few and often limited in scope. So what does an ageing actress do? Our all-female Henry IV and Julius Caesar have helped us see the plays afreshShakespeare is tantalising to the female actor. He gives us the most wonderful words to say, the most dramatic situations to re-create. We have to stretch wider and higher and dig deeper than our standard selves in order to reach those words a…

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