Gender bias in theatre.
Mon, 29 June 2009, 09:43 amgrantwatson30 posts in thread
Gender bias in theatre.
Mon, 29 June 2009, 09:43 amThere is a great article here about gender bias in American theatre, where the majority of plays staged are by male authors. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about the findings presented in the article.
Do you think there's a problem of gender bias here in Australia? What can we do? What should we do?
I can't get on line there
Mon, 29 June 2009, 10:35 amI can't get on line there either but the issues raises interesting points. I am particularly fascinated by the point that women are tougher on women than men are and that men seem to judge more evenly. Interesting point.
There have been some good women writers in this country, Alma De Groen and Jill Shearer immediately spring to mind, I never liked Dorothy Hewitt personally. I must admit to being a bit out of touch with the eastern states so I don't know who is around at the moment. Here in SA we have a number of women writers in SAWT and certainly do not differentiate between men and women in our program
The other issue in my mind is the dearth of good roles for women, particularly once they pass about 30.
Various women who work with me suggest I write good women and my focus is moving to more and more women in my scripts.
Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing.
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