Brutus and other heroines : playing Shakespeare's roles for women / Harriet Walter.

Author/Creator:

Walter, Harriet, author.

Publication:

London : Nick Hern Books, 2016.

Format/Description:

Book
xi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subjects:

Walter, Harriet.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
Walter, Harriet
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespearean actors and actresses.
Characters and characteristics.

Contents:

Ophelia : a case study
Helena : heroine or harpy?
Portia, Viola (& Imogen) : a year of playing boys
Imogen : peeling back the layers
Lady Macbeth : a portrait of a marriage
Beatrice : a woman with a past
Two loves : or, The eternal triangle
Cleopatra : the consummate actress
Brutus : the honorary man
Henry IV : 'uneasy lies the head that wears a crown'
Epilogue: A letter to Will
A chronology of Shakespearean performances.

ISBN:

1848422938
9781848422933

OCLC:

961308844

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