"I studied drama; I've had his work drilled into me, for better or for worse," she says with amusement; it's not the work itself she's really referring to, but adaptations. In her experience, being a drama student and keeping company with the same leads to seeing some- interesting versions of Shakespeare's plays, to say the least. "I do love Beatrice. She speaks poniards and every word stabs- mm, I think it suits her."