Chilling with the Bard: The Market Theatre's Shakespeare Season

As part of its #TheatreWillRiseAgain campaign and in celebration of Women’s Month, the Market Theatre has launched an online series of Shakespeare monologues delivered by some of South Africa’s finest actresses.

Performances by Arsema Thomas, Awethu Hleli, Bianca Amato, Camilla Waldman, Charmaine Weir-Smith, Kate Liquorish, Leila Henriques, Renate Stuurman, Rorisang Motuba, Tinarie van Wyk Loots, Sarah Richard, Vanessa Cooke and Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele have been filmed on the John Kani stage, and a new recording will be released every Thursday at 12:00 via the Market’s social media accounts.

The Market Theatre will be celebrating Women's Month with a Shakespeare twist across all our social media platforms from Thursday 20 August 2020! Women's Mon...

The first video released was Waldman’s Richard III (above), and this week it is the turn of Thomas (right) as Percy/Hotspur from 1 Henry IV.

For a taste of the other instalments in the series, watch the promo video from Market Artistic Director James Ngcobo below! And make sure you catch each performance as it is aired:

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Chilling with Bard Shakespeare season is based on speeches from some of his prolific plays that were written for male characters. The plays have been careful...