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Off Off Online, October 11, 2024

2026-08-04T14:04:48-04:00

Tina Packer’s Women of Will is meant to be an educational performance piece that explores Shakespeare’s trajectory as a writer through the lens of his female characters, diving into issues of gender and power. The piece has had various productions over the years and was published as a book in 2015 (subtitled Understanding Shakespeare’s Female [...]

Off Off Online, October 11, 20242026-08-04T14:04:48-04:00

TDF Sep 28, 2024

2026-08-04T14:04:59-04:00

https://www.tdf.org/shows/21896/women-of-will/ In a funny, fierce, deep and unforgettable evening of theatre, Women of Will explores themes of love, loss, freedom, control, violence and power through Shakespeare’s heroines. Royal Shakespeare Company veteran and Founding Artistic Director of the renowned Shakespeare & Company, Tina Packer created this acclaimed work tracing the chronological evolution of Shakespeare’s female characters [...]

TDF Sep 28, 20242026-08-04T14:04:59-04:00

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2016-11-10T13:40:17-05:00

I have written the narrative of the women of Shakespeare’s plays.  It is a fairly straight forward account which allows us to see how Shakespeare thought about women over a 25 year period – how they change, deepen, grow, become more and more powerful in the imagination of the playwright and in the action of [...]

Personal Big Picture2016-11-10T13:40:17-05:00
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