Tannis Kowalchuk performs the role of Anne Hathaway in a lively song-filled solo performance about the life of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. The play begins on the afternoon of Shakespeare's funeral. Anne knows she must read her husband's will, but before she does, the widow relives her life as mother, wife, and woman in 17th century Stratford-Upon-Avon. Basing the narrative upon the little information known about the Bard's wife, playwright Vern Thiessen has written a sensitive and humorous text, taking great delight imagining and inventing the robust, earthy, and intelligent character of Anne Hathaway. This program is made possible by a generous gift from Glenn P. and Susan D. Dickes and the Albert Wisner Public Library Foundation.
