Theatre For Thought, March 10, 2012
THE BECHDEL TEST AND CANADIAN THEATREjoel fishbaneThings are never easy for the actress over forty. For decades now, the archetypes for female roles have remained relatively unchanged: older women are either harpies like Queen Margaret in Richard III or some variation of Mother Nurture (the Saintly Relative, the Wise Woman, the Helpful Teacher etc.) whose wisdom helps the central character towards self-actualization.…