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A black woman crouches to speak to a kneeling white man, both in late Victorian costume..

Friday Hoyden: Paulina in The Winter’s Tale

By Anna on 2012-09-21 • ( 4 )

Paulina is one of Shakespeare’s lesser known, but most vibrant and admirable mouthy women.

A young woman of mixed race, in Puritan costume, clasps her hands and looks up.

“Abigail’s age has been raised.”

By Anna on 2012-06-26 • ( 15 )

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has meant so much to so many people. As a parable about state control, or without its political dimension, as an examination of the power dynamics within a closed society, or of an individual working through guilt to find something valuable in themselves. In fictionalising the lives of the real people involved, however, Miller raised Abigail’s age from eleven to seventeen. It may be time to think about his motives and the implications of the changes he made.

Blegging: Name Orlando’s Book

By Anna on 2012-02-01 • ( 32 )

My first book is to be published later this year, and I am still not happy with the title. It is an academic text, but one I hope will have a broader appeal for people interested in the theatre, and the way women are presented on stage.

Namatjira at Belvoir Street Theatre

By Jo Tamar on 2010-09-26 • ( 1 )

If, like me, you are interested in seeing more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, you will be delighted to hear that the Belvoir Street Theatre’s collaboration with Big hARTto produce Namatjira has resulted in the best play I’ve seen for a long, long time.

Quote of the Day: institutions vs amateur critics

By tigtog on 2010-09-14

What the internet means for the old-fashioned print critic is the end of institutional authority. That so many of these critics mistake institutional authority for critical authority says everything you need to know.