{"product_id":"9780349018911-she-speaks","title":"She Speaks!","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said\u003cbr\u003eNew parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIt is STUNNING and I simply sat and read it right through, and shall start again at once. I had no idea that she is such a sensationally fine poet. Astonishing\u003c\/b\u003e' JOANNA LUMLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBold and original \u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAnyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own and share this book\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eJAMES SHAPIRO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWith her gravitas, empathy, intellect and absolute belly laugh wit, the unheard voices soar. A real celebration of her life and art\u003c\/b\u003e' PHYLLIDA LLOYD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDame Harriet Walter, renowned for her wonderful portrayals in\u003ci\u003e Succession\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKilling Eve\u003c\/i\u003e among others, is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Now, having played most of the Bard's female characters, audaciously she lets them speak their minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 'Shakespearean' verse and prose, Harriet Walter goes between the lines of the plays to let us hear what she imagines - sometimes playfully and sometimes searchingly - these women were really thinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGertrude tells Hamlet the unvarnished truth; Lady MacBeth has her regrets; Kate, the Shrew, challenges us; Juliet's nurse challenges the nobility; Cleopatra's handmaiden reveals her mistress's secrets; Ariel is frightened of freedom; Ophelia surprises us; Olivia surprises herself; and the Witches have a good old rap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarriet Walter herself says, 'I worship Shakespeare. His psychological insight is second to none but the mirror that he held up to nature reflected a predominantly male image of the world. I pondered the long shadow of his genius and tried to think of ways to let a little sunlight in on some of his women's stories. I like to think he wouldn't mind'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHarriet Walter's years of inhabiting and imbibing so many of those great roles gives her a special licence to speak for them\u003c\/b\u003e' GREG DORAN, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHarriet Walter unpicks and re-centres the inner life and journey of these women as only one of our most talented and celebrated classical actors could. A must read!\u003c\/b\u003e' MAXINE PEAKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEffortlessly witty, charming, surprising, delightful. Clearly, Harriet Walter should have been in the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ewriters' room with us for \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003eFRANCESCA GARDINER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare's heroines, written by one of mine\u003c\/b\u003e' MEERA SYAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWith characteristic wit, compassion and fierce intelligence, she gives tantalising voice to the Bard's female greats\u003c\/b\u003e' TAMSIN GREIG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614517076065,"sku":"9780349018911","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_23103985.jpg?v=1713965524","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349018911-she-speaks","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}