Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters with Oliver Ford Davies

In this event, renowned actor of stage and screen Oliver Ford Davies talks to Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall, of The Shakespeare Institute, about his new book Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters in what promises to be a frank and lively discussion of fathers and daughters in the Bard’s writing, relating it to the little we know of his own two daughters, and sheds new light on his exploration of the family that so dominated his approach to drama. This event is hosted at Bloomsbury Publishing stunning Georgian premises in central London.

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