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Blind Casting

Mary Beard and guests discuss the new gender-blind, colour-blind season at the Globe Theatre that raises some fundamental questions about theatre in the 21st century

Mary and her guests discuss the politics of casting. She is joined by actor Prasanna Puwanarajah, writer Ella Whelan and theatre director Dawn Walton to discuss gender-blind and colour-blind casting. Is it political correctness, or will it work to attract wider audiences? And how can so-called 'blind casting' actually bring new perspectives and create new narratives? Mary and her guests discuss the new gender-blind, colour-blind season at Shakespeare's Globe that raises some fundamental questions about theatre in the 21st century.

30 minutes

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Fri 10 Aug 2018 08:00GMT

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