{"product_id":"she-speaks-harriet-walter","title":"She Speaks! - Harriet Walter","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9780143129707 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003eWhat Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It 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 LUMLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Harriet 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!' MAXINE PEAKE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Bold and original . . . Anyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own and share this book' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJAMES SHAPIRO, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDame Harriet Walter, renowned for her wonderful portrayals in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKilling Eve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith thirty new parts for Shakespeare's 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\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'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare's heroines, written by one of mine' MEERA SYAL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'With characteristic wit, compassion and fierce intelligence, she gives tantalising voice to the Bard's female greats' TAMSIN GREIG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"frills_showing frills_shown\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-00cb3153=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-00cb3153=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"listenToAClip\" name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082934272154,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/she-speaks-9780349018935.jpg?v=1770424914","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/she-speaks-harriet-walter","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}