The women who made Shakespeare – 400 years of influence
Judi Dench as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC, 1962), Anne Hathaway oil portrait, after a 1708 drawing by Nathaniel Curzon and Helen Mirren as Cleopatra (RSC, 1982). Photos: Thomas Holte/Joe Cocks Studio Collection/SShakespeare Birthplace Trust
Four centuries after the First Folio – and the death of Anne Hathaway – Shakespeare scholar Charlotte Scott tells Nick Smurthwaite about a project that aims to unveil the hidden stories of the playwright’s female influences, from his family to the women shaping his iconic characters
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