Should feminists care about The Female of the Species?
The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Germaine Greer objects to a play satirising her experiences. Is she justified, or can we now poke fun at feminism?
Eileen Atkins
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Theatrical cross-references....
The Stage - Newsblog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The theatre, like life itself, is full of coincidences and chance meetings. Who could have planned it, for instance, that last week Zorro — based on Isabel Allende’s 2005 novel, and boasting her name above the title as one of the co-producers - should open the very night before Allende was also personally name-checked in The Female of the Species, and the audience even given a lesson in how to pronounce...
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In brief: Doherty wanted by police
The First Post (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Pete Doherty, the lead singer of the Babyshambles, after he failed to attend a court hearing on criminal damage charges for…
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Gervais' Extra joy at Emmy nominations
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
British shows and actors have received critical recognition and a hat-full of nominations for this year's Emmy awards.
- Eight Emmy nominations for Cranford - Daily Star
- Emmys 2008: Mad Men and John Adams lead nominations - IndieLondon
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The Female of the species, Vaudeville Theatre, London
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
That banshee wail you hear when the wind is in the northeast is the sound of the biter bit – Germaine Greer is very, very angry at the author of this play about a sixty-ish feminist scribbler (played by Eileen Atkins). Its action is inspired by the time Greer was, briefly, held hostage by a devotee. And that sound you hear from the Vaudeville is the audience roaring at the best Ayckbourn play Alan...
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FEMINIST FARCE SLAMMED BY GREER
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Female Of The Species ***, Vaudeville Theatre, London. Box office: 0870 890 0511
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List of Primetime Emmy Awards nods in major categories
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
BC-Emmy Nominations-Short List,0678 Primetime Emmy Awards nods in major categories Eds: Emmy categories normally have five nominees, but...
- Primetime Emmy Awards nods in major categories - Examiner
- Cranford nominated for Emmys - The Guardian
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Cranford Dames join Emmy hopefuls
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Dame Judi Dench and Dame Eileen Atkins are among the contenders for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Cranford leads British charge for Emmy Awards
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Cranford, the BBC costume drama, and Dame Judi Dench, its leading actress, head a list of British nominations for this year's Emmy awards in America.
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Review: The Female of the Species
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Roger Michell's production of Australian dramatist Joanna Murray-Smith's The Female of the Species opens more than promisingly, with Eileen Atkins struggling to remove her bra while answering the telephone and toying with titles for her next femini...
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Review - The Female of the Species
West End Whingers (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
At the end of last week’s cliffhanger episode our heroes zeros had vowed never - but never - to go to the theatre ever again until they could once again wave at a Dame of the British Empire through a proscenium arch in a crumbling West End theatre… Who would have thought it would be so [...]
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Germaine Greer rounds on play
The First Post (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The redoubtable Germaine Greer, author of The Female Eunuch, has expressed her contempt for an author who has used her as an inspiration for a comic attack on strident feminism.…
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Let them eat cake
Laura's Plog (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
So much to tell, so much to tell, so little time. I was supposed to make a cake last night, but we got free theatre tickets instead to see The Female of the Species, with Eileen Atkins, Anna Maxwell-Martin and others, so cake-baking plans were kiboshed in favour of a very funny play. It's still in previews at the moment, but I'd definitely recommend it once it opens. The balsa wood cinema line had...
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Grant, Davies, Burton to appear in 'Marple'
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Richard E. Grant and Amanda Burton will appear in the last two Miss Marple dramas with Geraldine McEwan.
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In brief: why Jodie Kidd lost M&S work
The First Post (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Jodie Kidd (pictured), the supermodel who lost a £250,000 contract with Marks & Spencer after she was caught on camera allegedly selling cocaine to an undercover reporter, has been dropped…
