Exeunt Magazine: In ‘I bet Nicholas Hynter doesn’t have to do this’, a brilliantly titled chapter of Glory and the Garden (eds. Ros Merkin & Kate Dorney) , Gwenda Hughes chronicles the complaint letters she received as artistic director of The New Vic, then The Victoria Theatre in North Staffordshire. Amongst these are a series of moans directed at Northern Broadsides’ Shakespeare, including one outraged-of-Cheshire writer who felt horrified at the bard’s words being so unsuitably intoned by those with (gasp) regional accents.
1 comment:
Performance has heavily relied on racist and sexist qualities for a multitude of uses and for a variety of factors. At the time many things were created it was the mindset and accepted understanding as a society that based on gender and race certain things were just fact about you. Clearly that is not true and many strides have been made to fix this issue because we have realized the importance of this mistake and the influential weight performance bares. This isn’t just a societal thing to be dealt with but a thing to be improved upon in all areas that touch society in some way, shape or form. This article seems to talk about this with the use of voices and they are perceived audibly the way we have adjusted visually dealing with these issues. It is another thing to work on as those who work in performance-based entertainment should do and the author has successfully noted the importance of such with their own experience because if it is true for them then it is true for others.
Post a Comment