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As promised (here - https://grondfic.dreamwidth.org/38467.html) behold the POST-visit review of one of the most frequently seen plays in the Bardic canon.
Well, I mentioned diversity in this production – and Whoah! We got it in spadefulls. Even the casting was diverse, comprising gender-blind, gender-changed and doesn’t-matter, who-cares parts.
Thus, Nick Bottom becomes ‘Nicola B’tome’ in a character gender-change, whilst the other members of the Mechanicals - all played by female-identifying actors - are gender-nonspecific (ie no-one mentions the intended gender-identity of each character, but some of them act-female, if I can put it that way without causing any offence!). Egeus is (possibly) cast gender-blind (ie the character remains male, the actor identifies as female). The third category encompasses the attendant-fairies, who (cf. Puck below!) might not be ‘gendered’ at all, having originated in the forest like plants.
Just for information:
Amongst the cast generally, two actors possibly identify as they; two possibly as male; and the rest possibly as female.
In addition the Globe warns for ableism within the play, which is necessary, because the role of Hermia is played by Francesca Mills, who has achondroplasia (a form of dwarfism).
Sooooo – that’s all by way of introduction really. On now, to the review!
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Well, I mentioned diversity in this production – and Whoah! We got it in spadefulls. Even the casting was diverse, comprising gender-blind, gender-changed and doesn’t-matter, who-cares parts.
Thus, Nick Bottom becomes ‘Nicola B’tome’ in a character gender-change, whilst the other members of the Mechanicals - all played by female-identifying actors - are gender-nonspecific (ie no-one mentions the intended gender-identity of each character, but some of them act-female, if I can put it that way without causing any offence!). Egeus is (possibly) cast gender-blind (ie the character remains male, the actor identifies as female). The third category encompasses the attendant-fairies, who (cf. Puck below!) might not be ‘gendered’ at all, having originated in the forest like plants.
Just for information:
Amongst the cast generally, two actors possibly identify as they; two possibly as male; and the rest possibly as female.
In addition the Globe warns for ableism within the play, which is necessary, because the role of Hermia is played by Francesca Mills, who has achondroplasia (a form of dwarfism).
Sooooo – that’s all by way of introduction really. On now, to the review!
( Read more... )
