'Like a Lapwing' Artwork

‘For look where Beatrice like a lapwing runs Close by the ground, to hear our conference.’ Hero talking with Ursula about Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I Original image of the lapwing is from The Biodiversity Heritage Library on Flickr to which I have added my own textures. The quote I have used as my title is a favourite from Much Ado. My mother was lucky enough to see Peggy Ashcroft as Beatrice at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1950. “When Dame Peg made her entrance in the scene, she was exactly like a lapwing,” said my mother. [Sir John] Gielgud revived his own colourful, ingeniously designed 1949 production a year later, casting himself as Benedick to Peggy Ashcroft’s Beatrice. On the first night the pair drank a bottle of champagne before going on – and according to Gielgud “never played so well in our lives”. London would see the show in 1952 and 1955. The Daily Telegraph

Mixed Media:Digital on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16.7 W x 11.9 H x 0.1 D in

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