30 days of Shakespeare: Day 4 - your favourite heroine

[nwhyte]

This is a close run for me between Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Helena in All's Well That Ends Well. The latter is less well known - basically the modestly born but intelligent Helena - a qualified doctor, no less - fulfills the conditions set by her reluctant husband, by tricking him into having sex with her while under the impression that

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[saare_snowqueen]

Al Pacino's Broadway production of Merchant of Venice is the only live theatre performance I have ever walked out on. Execrable!

[redfiona99]

No love for Rosalind? :)

She really is my favourite.

[pennski]

Viola for me.