Jeanmarie Simpson Playwright · Actor · Director Licensing

2007 · Theatre 40, Beverly Hills

Shakespeare’s Will

Anne Hathaway

Shakespeare’s Will

Years

2007

Role

Anne Hathaway

Company

Theatre 40, Beverly Hills

Credit

Produced by Leonard Nimoy

The productionThe most challenging project undertaken

The production required the performer to generate all of her own performance cues independently, alone on stage for the full running time.

It is the direct ancestor of the solo plays she now writes, and of Ghosts of the Gilded Stage in particular.

SHAKE-SPEARE! My father is furious. A Shake-speare!? The son of a glove maker?! From the script
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This is production 4 of 9 listed on the site, and it appears in full on the resume alongside every other acting, directing and playwriting credit since 1982.

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Jeanmarie Simpson as Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare’s Will
Shakespeare’s Will
Shakespeare’s Will, Theatre 40
Shakespeare’s Will
Ann Hathaway, Shakespeare’s Will, 2007
Shakespeare’s Will
Shakespeare’s Will, Theatre 40
Ghosts of the Gilded Stage
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Ghosts of the Gilded Stage

An aging theatrical veteran, Alban Matthews, facing mortality within roughly six months, examines the contents of an old theatrical trunk. Each object opens another room of memory, from first roles and old superstitions to artistic wounds, queer survival,…

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