{"product_id":"9780349018935","title":"She Speaks!","description":"Author: Harriet Walter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349018935\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJAMES SHAPIRO, author of \u003ci\u003e1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gertrude 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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'.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare's heroines, written by one of mine\u003c\/b\u003e' MEERA SYAL\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWith characteristic wit, compassion and fierce intelligence, she gives tantalising voice to the Bard's female greats\u003c\/b\u003e' TAMSIN GREIG\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEffortlessly witty, charming, surprising, delightful. Clearly, Harriet Walter should have been in the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ewriters' room with us for \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003eFRANCESCA GARDINER","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857131552926,"sku":"ADS-9780349018935","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349018935.jpg?v=1781481582","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349018935","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}