Dame Harriet Walter, one of Britain’s most esteemed Shakespearean actors, imagines what Shakespeare’s women were really thinking in her fascinating new book She Speaks! Here’s what Gertrude longed to say; why Lady Macbeth felt she should be King; how Juliet’s nurse bemoaned her loss; why Ariel is anxious about freedom and what Cleopatra’s handmaidens really thought of her. Ophelia surprises us, Olivia surprises herself and Miranda glimpses the future.
Harriet is a leading British actor on stage and screen. She is renowned for her work on Succession, Killing Eve, The Crown and Downton Abbey. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Presented by Manchester Literature Festival. View the full 2024 Festival programme here.
