About Unversed...

"Beckis is utterly captivating" in this '"wonderful whirlwind of Shakespeare's women" (Keats House, Hampstead.) Unversed… tells the unique story of Antonia Carrington, an actress denied the chance to be on stage in 1623 London. 

Desperate to perform, she sneaks into The Globe, armed with nothing more than an illicit copy of Shakespeare’s first folio. Join Antonia on a magical journey through the roles she wants to play and her own unique story.

Previewing to outstanding audience reviews across London, the play is written and performed by Beckis Cooper and directed by the award-winning Rachel Fowler

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Beckis Cooper is an actress and writer who trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and read English at The University of Oxford. Credits include Miss Julie in Miss Julie (Mary Wallace Theatre) ; Macbeth in Macbeth (Chiswick Playhouse/Thorington Theatre); Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Prebendal Manor); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Cambridge Shakespeare Festival); Grace Notes (Edinburgh Fringe/The King's Head Theatre); Making Monsters (Surgeons' Hall/Old Red Lion); Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford University) and Nora in A Doll's House (RCSSD.)

Rachel Fowler is an award-winning American actor, director and producer, currently living in London. She has performed in regional theatres across the US including Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, The Alliance, Playmakers Rep,  Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and The Old Globe.  She received Denver Post Ovation Awards for her work in All My Sons at the Denver Center, and Rabbit Hole at the Curious Theatre, and her short film STILLNESS has won nine awards in the festival circuit so far. 

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