Even if the results are mixed, the productions offer plenty to chew on and are part of an inevitable historical process.
In Manchester you can currently see Queen Margaret (★★★☆☆), which is Jeanie O’Hare’s presentation of the Wars of the Roses from Margaret of Anjou’s viewpoint, and othellomacbeth (★★★★☆), Jude Christian’s radical take on two of Shakespeare’s great tragedies. Female writers and directors, impatient with male-dominated Shakespeare, are offering us fresh perspectives.
