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From: THE STAGE On-line. December 2017
Glenda Jackson has branded the response to allegations of sexual harassment in the theatre industry as hypocritical.
The actor and former Labour MP made the remarks at Sunday night’s London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, where performers Cate Blanchett and Phoebe Waller-Bridge also spoke out about harassment allegations.
Speaking to The Stage about the recent spate of allegations, Jackson – who was named best actress at the ceremony – said: “It seems to me that there is an amount of hypocrisy that’s swirling around this particular issue. Are people pretending they have never heard of anything like this before? There isn’t a woman in the land who hasn’t experienced this.”
Tom’s reply
Over the years I can not recall one item of sexual harassment in circus – we were always too tiered building up a four polled tent every two days. Plenty of fun and larks in old Panto without moans. One wonders how the Carry On films could be made now? I do totally sympathise about unwanted attentions etc; but some minor reported events, on the other hand may be promoting press cover?