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Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
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King Lear
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
4/5
KIDS! What can you do, you give them everything and all you ask in return is complete love and devotion. And how do they respond? Stab you in the back.
To top it all, getting old is a real bitch and remember it’s not just your own kids who seek to topple the old guard, your mates are at it as well.
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