Room of One’s Own, A

Synopsis: `A Room of One’s Own’ is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. first published in 1929, and based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in 1928. The premise is that for women to write fiction they need £500 and a room of their own. At one point in the reading Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister, Judith, who was equally gifted with literary genius; the circumstances of the times she argues would have prevented her from exercising that talent.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 7 Jun 1987 at 22:30 (Channel: ITV)
Duration: 57 mins

Director

Patrick Garland

Producer

Bill Shepherd

Cinematographer

Sue Gibson

Cast

Eileen Atkins

Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); women; writing; One-Person shows

History: The production was shown in America on PBS 6 January 1991 at 21:00 in the Masterpiece Theatre series; it is this transmission that is held by the Paley Center for Media.
Awards: Eileen Atkin’s one-woman stage show was an international success, earning Atkins a Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance and a special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.

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