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...original portrayal of Richard II cast the ruler as weak, poetic—even feminine—and constantly struggling to live up to his position. The decision by director Meryl H. Federman ’11 to use only female actresses for this production appears to be motivated by this original depiction, and it is a choice that defines the play. The production makes no effort to bring any other new aspects to the script, relying solely on its unorthodox casting to make its claims about femininity...
...lack of female roles in Shakespearean plays inspired Meryl H. Federman ’11, president of the HSC and the director of “Richard II”, to propose an all-female cast. “Richard II is very poetic,” says Federman. “The language is soaring and beautiful and...it fits with an all-female voice...
...Federman hesitates to overemphasize the sexual homogeneity of the play, “It’s not about gender,” she explains. “It’s not about the politics of gender, but the gender of politics.” While Federman denies that Richard II’s femininity lost him the crown, she likens him to Nixon and Blagojevich, attributing his fall to their misled self-righteousness...
...said Jonathan M. Padilla ’11, secretary for the Harvard Dems. “However, I have some qualms about Gravel’s direct democracy initiative. I’ve seen direct democracy in California lead to a Byzantine-like bureaucracy.” Meryl H. Federman ’11 expressed similar reservations. “Sen. Gravel has interesting political theory ideas,” she said, “but I’m not sure about the idea of people over government when both are really intertwined...
...toying with the theme of magic and love,” Federman said...