Profile: Miriam Hastings

In a crumbling mansion on the north coast of Scotland, the Dowager grows old; exiled there by her son, she dreams of her girlhood and waits for death. When her tenants keep talking of a monster in the sea, the Dowager becomes obsessed by the strange creat....

Living in exile in the Venetian ghetto with his mistress Katharina and his new-born son, Edmund Shakespeare reflects on the events which led to his incarceration in the Tower, charged with treason. As he examines his memories, thinking back over his life ....

Edmund Shakespeare, lead player of female roles on the London stage, has been arrested as a traitor. It's January 1606 and London is a dangerous place; the gunpowder plot had just been foiled, spies and informers are everywhere, suspicion is rife in the s....

Living in exile in the Venetian ghetto with his mistress Katharina and his new-born son, Edmund Shakespeare reflects on the events which led to his incarceration in the Tower, charged with treason. As he examines his memories, thinking back over his life ....