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Not Hamlet: Meditations on the Frail Position of Women in Drama(Oberon Masters Series)

Not Hamlet: Meditations on the Frail Position of Women in Drama(Oberon Masters Series)


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"A thoughtful and considered kick up the arse to conspiracy theorists and to patriarchy" – Michael Boyd, Artistic Director RSC Cleopatra, La Pucelle, Ophelia, Shaw’s St. Joan and Ibsen’s Hedda – a handful of seminal roles for women in the classical canon. Janet Suzman has played them all and directed some. Here she examines their complexity and explores why only Cleopatra has an independence that allows her to speak to modern women. None of these, regrettably, matches up to a Hamlet, but as she is grateful for the parts he did write, Suzman feels a lightly-barbed attack on those who doubt Shakespeare’s authorship is way overdue. She also takes issue with received ideas on boy-actors playing mature women in Shakespeare’s company, and reflects on how female characters in classical drama have not been on a level with their male counterparts. Today, on TV, film and the stage, this remains the case. Not Hamlet but Hamlette, please.

Table of Contents:
"Acknowledgements... 7 Prologue...11 A Rogue Prologue... 13 Boy Actors... 44 Cleopatra...73 The Two Joans...110 Hedda Gabler...125 Gertrude and Ophelia...161 Epilogue... 186 Bibliography and References...190"

About the Author :
Janet Suzman moved to London in 1959. As an actress she started her career in the UK with the RSC and also filmed for TV. She won The Evening Standard Best Actress Award, and had Academy Award and Golden Globe Nominations for Nicholas and Alexandra. She made her debut as a director with Othello which won an AA Vita Best Production Award. Janet is a Patron of The Market Theatre in her native Johannesburg. She has also written and directed her own versions, radically changed to contemporary South African settings, of Brecht's Good Person of Setzuan. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

Review :
"Cerebral but also highly readable and entertaining' The Stage 'The essay on Cleopatra is the best I have ever read' Michael Dobson, CEO Shakespeare Institute 'An absolute gem... Clever, witty, original, backed up research and analysis, a stunning voyage around some of the greatest stage characters from Saint Joan to Cleopatra.' Kate Mosse (author of Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel) 'The book is a wonder. I raced through each provocative and insightful chapter, nodding agreement throughout. It should be in all the best-seller lists, and...in many a Christmas stocking' Sir Ian McKellen 'I really enjoyed Not Hamlet - feisty, sensible, continually engaging and very well written. I have always suspected that intelligent actors know at least as much as scholars do about Shakespeare, and this proves it. And it is dead right about the absurdities regarding which overeducated aristocrat wrote Shakespeare' Robert Brustein (Theatre Critic, The New Republic) 'A thoughtful and considered kick up the arse to conspiracy theorists and to patriarchy.' Michael Boyd, Former Artistic Director, RSC"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781849436014
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Oberon Masters Series
  • ISBN-10: 1849436010
  • Publisher Date: 22 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Sub Title: Meditations on the Frail Position of Women in Drama


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