Fellows Quote by Miles Franklin

Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless,…

— Ellen Terry

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.

— John Irving

Plays are painful. But the very act of writing is a basic freedom denied some women. Some would call it a privilege. So what's…

— Abi Morgan

There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.

— Maxine Peake

I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and it's still relevant today, that you have…

— Samuel Barnett

There's something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are able to…

— Phyllida Lloyd

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

Male heroes are entitled to particular privileges, and why not the women as well?

— Marjorie Liu

I've worked in predominately male sets my entire life. Shakespeare? Let's talk about that.

— Stephanie Beatriz

I'd love to do more Shakespeare but Shakespeare didn't write parts for older women.

— Geraldine James

Is it not clear that to give to such women as desire it and can devote themselves to literary and scientific pursuits all the…

— Sarah Moore Grimke

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or…

— Harriet Walter