Grace Mc asked Andrew Dickson:

What are your thoughts on diversity in Shakespeare adaptations? Thanks!

Andrew Dickson The more diversity the better, is my basic thought! Anyone and everyone should be able to perform Shakespeare's plays, no matter their background or gender or ethnicity; there are no rules. The theatre of Shakespeare's own time was deeply non-illusionistic -- boys played girls, there was very little in the way of scenery, so it was a theatre of the imagination. It's funny that in a way it's taken 400 years for us to catch up. Shakespeare was way ahead of us.

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