A young director's examination how gender is performed on stage especially within the works of William Shakespeare

24 September 2012

The straight jacket of gender

"A thoroughgoing feminist revolution would liberate more than women. It would liberate forms of sexual expression, and would liberate the human personality from the straight jacket of gender."

Gayle Rubin, The Traffic in Women, 1975

19 September 2012

When you have an hour to kill...

My sister and I recently spent what I believe to be an extremely productive hour compiling 'The Complete Works: Alcoholic's Edition.' Not entirely sure how we got onto it but here are the fruits of our (surprisingly sober) labours:

Two Gentlemen of Corona
Two Gentlemen of Kaluah
King Beer
Love's Labour's Sloshed
Love's Labour's Larger
Twelfth Pint
A Midsummer Night's Bristol Cream
The Merchant of Vermouth
Tequila and Cressida
A Winter's Ale
Taming of the Brew
Measure for Measure (75ml)
Julius Knees-Up
Two Noble Pimms-men
Titus Androni-curacao
Henry VI, Part 1 Cranberry juice
Henry VI, Part 2 Cointreau
Henry VI, Part 3 Vodka

Not much to do with gender I admit (OK, nothing to do with gender...) but plenty to do with Shakespeare and fun to come up with!

Any to add?