Shakespeare's Women; He May Have Been the World's Greatest Playwright but Was Shakespeare Successful in His Personal Relationships? as a One-Woman Show Focusing on His Wife Anne Hathaway Gets Its British Premiere in Wales, Karen Price Speaks to the Director

Byline: Karen Price

IT can't be easy staging a one-man show, particularly when an actor has to portray a whole gamut of characters. s But that's exactly what Vivienne Parry will be doing in the British premiere of Shakespeare's Will, which opens at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold tonight.

While the play concentrates on Anne Hathaway, the wife of the great playwright, other characters like his sister Joan and some servants are also featured in the production.

Shakespeare's Will is set on the day of the Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet creator's funeral in 1616.

The burial is over, the mourners have gone and his widow Anne awaits the arrival of her sister-in-law Joan for the reading of the will.

Before she …

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Publication information: Article title: Shakespeare's Women; He May Have Been the World's Greatest Playwright but Was Shakespeare Successful in His Personal Relationships? as a One-Woman Show Focusing on His Wife Anne Hathaway Gets Its British Premiere in Wales, Karen Price Speaks to the Director. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales). Publication date: March 19, 2010. Page number: 4. © 2009 MGN Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2010 Gale Group.

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