Emilia

Synopsis

Emilia took our wooden ‘O’ by storm in late 2018, celebrating women’s voices the world over through the story of a trailblazing, forgotten woman, Emilia Bassano. 400 years ago, Emilia wanted her voice to be heard. In 1611 she penned the words to her ‘Vertuous Reader’ as part of a volume of radical, feminist and subversive poetry. Yet the little we know now of Emilia is restricted to the possibility that she may have been the ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s Sonnets – and the rest of her story has been erased by history. Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s acclaimed play revealed the life of Emilia: writer, wife, lover, mother, muse.

Main Cast

Saffron Coomber

Emilia 1

Age : 29 | Popularity : 3%

Adelle Leonce

Emilia 2

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Clare Perkins

Emilia 3

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Charity Wakefield

William Shakespeare/Drunk Man 2/Valentine Simmes/River Woman

Age : 43 | Popularity : 9%

Nadia Albina

Lady Katherine Howard/Desdemona/River Woman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jackie Clune

Lord Thomas Howard/Hester/Lady Helena

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%

Carolyn Pickles

Lord Henry Carey/Judith/Priest

Age : 72 | Popularity : 10%

Jenni Maitland

Countess of Kent/Mary/Man at the Globe 1

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Nicole Charles
Writing	Author	Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Department	Role	Name

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