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Dates Tue, May 02, 5pm ET
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Brittany N. Williams, author of That Self-Same Metal, shares her hot takes on Shakespeare on a new episode of the Shakespeare Lightning Round. Watch our interview and order your copy of That Self-Same Metal below.
What’s your favorite Shakespeare play? Most overrated Shakespeare play? Who’s Shakespeare’s worst character? Tune in on Instagram for a fun, fast-paced, Shakespearean talk show. We ask our guests 30 lightning-fast questions about their favorite—and least favorite—things about the Bard.
That Self-Same Metal
Read the book! Sixteen-year-old Joan Sands only wants to use her metalsmithing magic to make swords for William Shakespeare’s acting company. But when malevolent Fae threaten London, she finds she’s destined for much more.
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Brittany N. Williams. Photo: Jessica Osber Photography.
About Brittany N. Williams
Brittany N. Williams is a SAG-AFTRA & AEA actress, writer, singer, and director. She is the Co-Artistic Director of The NOLA Project and author of That Self-Same Metal (Abrams 2023), Book #1 in the FORGE & FRACTURE SAGA. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Howard University and an MA in Classical Acting from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. Brittany has performed across three continents—including a year spent as a principal vocalist at Hong Kong Disneyland—and her writing has been featured on BlackNerdProblems.com, Tor.com, in The Indypendent, The Gambit, Fireside Magazine, and in the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. Based in New Orleans, Williams has performed in Stage Door Songbook: Cole Porter (Susan), Harry & the Thief (Vivian), and Mary Full of Gray (Mary/writer) and is the 2019 Stage Door Idol winner. Some of her favorite credits outside of the city include Universal Robots (Helena), Margaret I (Joan of Arc), Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (Nansi – Helen Hayes Award Nom.), Antony and Cleopatra (Soothsayer/Clown), and Lear (Cordelia/Fight Captain). You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @BrittanyActs, as well as at brittanynwilliams.com.