Dame Harriet Walter, renowned for her roles in Succession and Killing Eve, The Crown and Downton Abbey, is one of Britain’s most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Having played most of the Bard’s female characters she now, in her book She Speaks!, boldly lets them speak their minds... with new parts for 30 Shakespearean women written in verse and prose... a 'between the lines' that playfully and searchingly lets us hear what she imagines these women were really thinking. Witness what Gertrude longed to say; why Lady Macbeth felt she should be King; how Juliet's nurse bemoaned her loss; and what Cleopatra's handmaidens really thought of her.

Harriet Walter is a leading British actor on stage and screen. She is renowned for her work on Succession; Killing Eve; The Crown; and Downton Abbey. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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