Written by:
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Directed by:
Karoline Gable
Dates:
12 - 14 June 2025, 7:30pm
Matinees:
14 June, 2:30pm
Venue:
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre
Ticket prices:
£15 / £8
A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of an exceptional woman.
Four hundred years ago, Emilia Bassano wanted her voice to be heard. It wasn’t. Could she have been the ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets? What of her own poetry? Why was her story erased from history?
In Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s electrifying play, Emilia and her sisters reach out across the centuries with passion, fury, laughter and song.
Karoline Gable
Carla Goodman
Simeon Miller
James Hassett
Emilia 1
Emilia 2
Emilia 3
Margaret Johnson / Lord Thomas Howard
Susan Bertie Countess of Kent
Lady Helena / Eve
Lady Katherine
Lady Cordelia / Hester
Mary / Lord Collins/ Emilia (Othello)
Lord Carey / Desdemona (Othello)
Lady Mary Sidney / Judith
Lady Margaret Clifford
Lady Anne Clifford / Priest
Flora / Midwife
Will Shakespeare
Lord Alphonso Lanier