In Souliloquy is a project to celebrate the 400th birthday of Mr. William Shakespeare - it is an innovative and digital collection of new soliloquies that give voices to characters who are undersung/misrepresented in the original playtexts.
A focus of In Souliloquy is to give a voice back to those denied it - by men, by history, by circumstance and give a new time and space for the souls of these characters to address an audience.
Tilly is the primary writer for the project and is working closely with director Victorine Pontillon.
Please click through to the website for all sorts of project details and announcements and follow us on twitter @insouliloquy which is filled with #Shakespeare400 news and witty repartee!
Our Cycle 1 was released in April 2016 is made up of Juliet, Lavinia, Helena, Lady Macbeth, The Fool and Margaret of Anjou. After William Shakespeare’s plays: Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Midsummer Night’sDream, Macbeth, King Lear and Henry VI.
With May/June came our Cycle 2 of In Souliloquy. Voices from: Yorick, The Soothsayer,Miranda, Richard III, Viola and Emilia. After the plays, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Richard III, Twelfth Night and Othello.
Our Cycle 3 released in July featured: Cleopatra, Ophelia, Tybalt, Abhorsen, Katherina,Titania. After Anthony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure, Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Cycle 4 was released in August and includes: Lady Macduff, Cassandra, Orlando, Doll Tearsheet, Don, John and Marina. After Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, As You Like It, Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing and Pericles Prince of Tyre.
Orlando and Margaret of Anjou were written by Victorine Pontillon - all other monologues were written by Tilly.