{"product_id":"she-speaks-what-shakespeares-women-might-have-said","title":"She Speaks!: What Shakespeares Women Might Have Said","description":"\u003cp\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 Joanna LumleyHarriet Walter Unpicks And ReCentres The Inner Life And Journey Of These Women As Only One Of Our Most Talented And Celebrated Classical Actors Could. A Must Read! Maxine PeakeBold And Original . . . Anyone Who Cares About Shakespeare Will Want To Own And Share This BookJames Shapiro, Author Of 1599: A Year In The Life Of William Shakespearedame Harriet Walter, Renowned For Her Wonderful Portrayals In Succession And Killing Eve Among Others, Is One Of BritainS Most Esteemed Shakespearean Actors. Now, Having Played Most Of The BardS Female Characters, Audaciously She Lets Them Speak Their Minds.With Thirty New Parts For ShakespeareS Women, Written 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.Gertrude Tells Hamlet The Unvarnished Truth; Lady Macbeth Has Her Regrets; Kate, The Shrew, Challenges Us; JulietS Nurse Challenges The Nobility; CleopatraS Handmaiden Reveals Her MistressS Secrets; Ariel Is Frightened Of Freedom; Ophelia Surprises Us; Olivia Surprises Herself; And The Witches Have A Good Old Rap.Harriet 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 WomenS Stories. I Like To Think He WouldnT Mind.An Incisive, Funny, Mischievously Subversive Homage To ShakespeareS Heroines, Written By One Of Mine Meera SyalWith Characteristic Wit, Compassion And Fierce Intelligence, She Gives Tantalising Voice To The BardS Female Greats Tamsin GreigEffortlessly Witty, Charming, Surprising, Delightful. Clearly, Harriet Walter Should Have Been In Thewriters Room With Us For Succession Francesca Gardiner\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45915498512582,"sku":"DADAX0349018936","price":10.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81aKqTrPqRL.jpg?v=1780580574","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/she-speaks-what-shakespeares-women-might-have-said","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}