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[Women] appear . . ., if they appear at all, as representatives of issues or types, with only a narrow history and virtually no power base. The feminist director is strategically placed to resist or comply with that world picture. She is the linchpin. Both positions, the one of compliance and the one of resistance, are highly politicized, although only the activity of resistance will get named as such.

—Ellen Donkin and Susan Clement

I never wanted to mess with Ibsen—not because he is a sacred cow but because I do adore the work—but I think that the translations have failed him miserably.

—Judith Thompson