Book Description
Here are the famous speeches from Juliet-"Come, night! Come, Romeo!"-and from Portia-"The quality of mercy..."-but also less familiar ones from Viola, Hermia, Isabella and Cressida. These younger characters make up the first half of the book, while the second half is devoted to maturer women like Lady Macbeth-"How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me"-Getrude, Mistress Quickly, Cleopatra and Queen Katherine.
About the author
Susannah York shot to stardom in films such as Tunes of Glory, The Greengage Summer, Tom Jones and A Man for All Seasons. Recent stage work includes the Merry Wives of Windsor and Hamlet with the RSC, An Ideal Husband in the West End and Picasso's Women at the Edinburgh and Hong Kong Festivals.
