A Rose by Any Other Name
by Rosemary Loughlin
9 - 13 September 2025, 7:30 pm
Returning to Baron’s Court, Rosemary ‘Rose’ Loughlin charts the colourful journey of her real-life experiences in her quest to discover who is the real
Shakespeare?
From clues in Cambridge, to proof in Padua and validations in Venice, the show offers incredible insights, tales of entertaining encounters and moving monologues. The inspiration for the show is Rose’s passion around the Shakespeare authorship question, a subject she became interested in by accident while studying classical acting. For extra understanding of Shakespeare, she read up on his background, but became fascinated by the weight of evidence in favour of alternative candidate, Elizabethan courtier, poet and playwright Edward de
Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford to have written the plays and poems under the pseudonym William Shakespeare.
While Rose hopes the audience may develop curiosity around Shakespeare authorship, her human story shines through, underpinned by universal themes of personal transformation and the joy of discovery.
“Beautifully performed, genuinely insightful and full of interesting new research” The Scotsman (2022)
“For Shakespeare fans…this production could be exactly what you are looking for” Theatre and Arts Reviews (2022)
The show lasts 2 hours which includes a 15 min interval
