What’s in Nessy McCoy’s future…
Since my goal is to create a series of books inspired by Shakespeare’s heroines, it is easy to predict what’s coming next. The order and timing is less predictable. Fan requests will be influential!
Shakespeare’s heroines
Photographs by Nessy McCoy
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From The Comedy of Errors
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From The Merry Wives of Windsor
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From Much Ado About Nothing
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From The Taming of the Shrew
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from All’s Well that Ends Well. This work is in progress under the title A Poor Physician’s Daughter.
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From The Winter’s Tale
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from Cymbeline. Imogen’s story is complete! The title is The Truest Princess.
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From Measure for Measure
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From The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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From Pericles
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From The Merchant of Venice
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From Love’s Labour’s Lost
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From As You Like It
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From Twelfth Night
Romantic
Historical
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From King John
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From Antony and Cleopatra. This play is considered a tragedy but it is based on historical events, and Cleopatra is clearly a historical figure. The story of Cleopatra is well-told so this is not high on my priority list for re-telling.
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From King Henry the Sixth Part 1
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From King Henry the Fifth
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From King Richard the Third
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From King Henry the Sixth Part III, King Richard the Third
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From King Henry the Fourth Parts I-II
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From King Henry the Sixth Parts I-III, King Richard the Third
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From Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar is classified as one of Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Portia’s fate certainly qualifies her as a tragic heroine. However, she is very much a historical figure so I believe she is at home on this list.
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From King Richard the Second
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From King Lear
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From Troilus and Cressida. Troilus and Cressida is one of those difficult-to-classify plays but most romance readers would consider it a tragedy. Rereading this play in 2018 was one of the reasons I decided to write novels based on Shakespeare. Cressida’s story and fate will be fascinating to explore and create.
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From Othello
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From Romeo and Juliet
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From MacBeth. Not a heroine in the traditional sense but writing a book in which she sees herself as the heroine will certainly be interesting.
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From Titus Andronicus
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From Hamlet
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From Coriolanus. I have a lot of ideas for this story so it will be on my current project list as soon as there is time for it.
Tragic
Fantastical
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From A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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from The Tempest. This work is in progress under the title Admired Miranda.
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From A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I have Titania separate from Hermia and Helena although they are in the same play because the three women do not really cross paths. I think Titania's story might be better told on its own.