“British writer Vanessa James may have written the longest book on Shakespeare with her 17-foot long fold out edition of “Shakespeare’s Genealogies.” James will be speaking on Shakespeare and his 1,000 characters at the Atheneum [in Nantucket, Massachusetts] on Sunday, July 6 at 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ” Source: The Nantucket Independent
James is the chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Mount Holyoke. She specializes in set and costume design for theater, art direction for film and Greek and Roman theater history. She is the resident designer and producer for Mount Holyoke’s Rooke Theater. In addition to “Shakespeare’s Genealogies,” James is the author of “The Genealogy of Greek Mythology.”
