Michelle Terry has claimed that ’misogyny outweighed the disability discourse’ in the reactions to her playing Richard III, ...
The backlash over the casting of the able-bodied artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe as Richard III is “misogynistic”, ...
Spare us from strutting men with stupid hair. That’s the vibe here as Globe artistic director Michelle Terry takes Richard III and turns him into the kind of swaggering, entitled, entirely self ...
Usually the most inclusive of London’s major theatres, the Globe was criticised when it announced its non-disabled artistic director Michelle Terry would play Shakespeare’s only disabled ...
The actress at the centre of a storm after she was cast to play Shakespeare's Richard III has announced she will not play the role as a disabled character after receiving backlash from advocacy ...
When the Globe’s artistic director Michelle Terry announced earlier this year she would play Richard, she faced a storm of protest from disabled actors who accused her of “cripping up ...
A production at the Shakespeare’s Globe theater faced criticism because a nondisabled actor plays the scheming king. But disputes like these miss the point, our critic writes. By Houman Barekat ...
Michelle Terry has claimed that "misogyny outweighed the disability discourse" in the reactions to her playing Richard III, revealing the hate she experienced was "dangerous". She also accused ...
Bizarre pacing choices and gabbled lines undermine the production – but the Globe’s artistic director makes for a compelling king The Evening Standard's journalism is supported by our readers.
Shakespeare’s Richard III has been dogged by controversy almost from the moment the play was first performed. For centuries there’s been the suggestion that Shakespeare weaponised the king’s ...