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Theatre and class: Is theatre a medium of unity or division?
Part 2 of a series about classism in the theatre, exploring how the ‘highbrow’ assumption surrounding theatre is exclusionary, and the complicated history of the English theatre. Isabelle Bylett discusses theatre’s ability to transcend class boundaries and its potential for universality, urging for a reclaiming of drama as an inclusive art form.
The tragedy of Ophelia: Breaking her silence
It came to my attention while sitting in an English lecture on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which my lecturers dove into Hamlet’s existentialism and quest for revenge, that this play was being approached from a rather narrow perspective, focusing more on the exploits of the male tragic hero, and paying little attention to the other victims […]
