Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The Globe London

Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins

11 January - 13 February
Adapted & performed by
Eileen Atkins
After a sold out run during our inaugural Playhouse season, Eileen Atkins returns with her witty and intriguing insight into Shakespeare's women as first told by Ellen Terry. Terry was considered the greatest female Shakespearean performer in the 19th century. Her work on the playwright shines a light on Shakespeare's portrayal of feisty, troubled, down-trodden, complex, witty and triumphant women.
Atkins performs over ten parts including Juliet, Beatrice and Viola, and revisits the roles to shed fascinating new light on female characters who have sometimes been construed as dull, submissive or one-dimensional.
Eileen Atkins' extensive credits for film and television include Cranford, for which she won a BAFTA and an Emmy, Upstairs, Downstairs and Gosford Park. She was most recently seen on stage in The Witch of Edmonton at the Swan Theatre, RSC.

Eileen Atkins (Upstairs, Downstairs, Cranford and Gosford Park) will be offering an intriguing and entertaining insightt...
Posted by Shakespeare's Globe on Thursday, 17 December 2015