Dame Janet Suzman
Cleopatra and the Boys
Summary
Through a revealing character study of Cleopatra, Dame Janet Suzman takes a delightfully edifying look at the historical context of female performers in Shakespeare’s time and the subsequent progress made in the representation of women in theater and literature.
Dame Janet Suzman
Janet Guzman, DBE, is a South African/British actress who enjoyed a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). She has always kept strong links with the country of her birth, South Africa, where she began her directing career with a production of Othello with John Kani, seen as a protest play, in 1987 at the Market Theatre. Her films include Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982), and A Dry White Season (1989). Her television series include Clayhanger (1976), Lord Mountbatten: The Viceroy (1986), and The Singing Detective (1986). Janet was made a Dame in 2011. She has honorary doctorates from among others, Cape Town, Warwick, and London (QMW) Universities.