The Second Best Bed

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Written by Avril Rowlands, starring Liz Grand and directed by Chris Jaeger.

When Shakespeare died, he famously bequeathed his wife Anne Hathaway only one item – the second best bed. This superb one-woman play, packed with both humour and pathos, has received great critical acclaim since its first performance at the Swan Theatre in Worcester in 2012.

Liz Grand stars as Anne Hathaway on the night of William Shakespeare’s funeral. The wake has finished and the mourners have all returned home, leaving her to recall her life with the most talented playwright the world has ever known. Or was he? Did he write the plays? His widow would know if anybody did. Wouldn’t she? She would!!

Monday 4 August 2025

7:00pm

Coach House Theatre

£18.48