The Herbal Bed review " sex, lies and Shakespeare's daughter
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonPeter Whelan's compassionate, filigree drama tells the story of the Bard's scion Susanna, seeking life's poetry in puritan England, only to be accused of adultery It's 1613, James I is on the throne, the puritans are on the rise, Shakespeare has returned to Stratford-upon-Avon, and the poet's daughter, Susanna (Emma Lowndes), is married to the well-respected doctor, John Hall (Jonathan …