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Conjuring Shakespeare

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Continuing the series examining the appeal of Shakespeare's plays. Girls Who Are Boys. In Shakespeare's day there were no actresses; all the female characters were played by boys. This programme looks at cross-dressing and ambiguous sexuality in Shakespeare's plays, with comment from actresses Juliet Stevenson and Fiona Shaw. The cameras also follow progress at an experimental all-male theatre company and record directors' and audiences' views on their performance of As You Like It.
Producer Tony Coe
Stereo Subtitled . CEEFAX: page
WEB SITE: www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic /Arts/shakspr.htm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Unknown:
Fiona Shaw.
Source: Radio Times

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