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Radio 4,2 mins

Why Shakespeare needs to embrace women

Woman's Hour

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Alison Skilbeck’s one woman show, The Power of the Crone, starts at the Edinburgh Festival on Thursday. She disputes the claim by actors such as Helen Mirren that there aren’t enough good Shakespearean roles for older women. Erin Sullivan, senior lecturer at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham joins the discussion with Jenni.

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