Misogyny is rife in film and theatre, but brilliant, dynamic women are coming through
As the final strands of the Captain's sanity unravel towards the close of August Strindberg's The Father, the titular patriarch takes us on a grand tour of literary female infidelity. "It's all here. In these books. They prove it. I'm not mad. Look. The Odyssey. Book One, page 6. The Upsala translation. Telemachus talking: 'My mother swears he's my father. But how do I know? No man knows for sure.' That's Telemachus …