How far we’ve come. Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Shakespeares were dismissed as “gimmicky” (and worse) four years ago. Today, gender-blind casting is not the norm, but normalized: “King Lear,” “Henry V,” and “Hamlet” have all been played by women. Change has hoisted the change-maker, though, and Lloyd’s trilogy, set in a women’s prison, is stuck with a... Read more »![]()
