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How do you propose the producers adhere to both the restrictions of the rightsholders, and of the venue?

• oh_sigh 4y ago
  Hold an audition allowing all people to try out, and if a woman does get cast because she is best for the role, read the prepared statement before the play indicating the rights holders don't like it.
  • linksnapzz 4y ago
    …and get sued by the Beckett estate; because that’s an out only if you’re in one jurisdiction in France. I suppose if the University was willing to accept liability, that’d be different.
    • oh_sigh 4y ago
      In Netherlands it was already decided by a judge: > Famously, in 1988, Beckett brought legal action against a Dutch theatre company, which wanted to stage a production of Waiting for Godot, with women acting all the roles. His lawyer argued that the integrity of the text was violated because actresses were substituted for the male actors asked for in the text. The judge in the Haarlem court ruled that the integrity of the play had not been violated, because the performance showed fidelity to the dialogue and the stage directions of the play https://eprints.qut.edu.au/86803/#:~:text=Famously%2C%20in%201988%2C%20Beckett%20brought,asked%20for%20in%20the%20text https://eprints.qut.edu.au/86803/#:~:text=Famously%2C%20in%2....
      • linksnapzz 4y ago
        Nice, but insofar as Dutch law lacks stare decisis, it's not stopping the Estate from suing someone else and at least getting to trial...