Globe Education Online

Resources for people passionate about learning and engaging with Shakespeare's plays

The Nurse

The Nurse

Penny Layden as the Nurse.

Romeo and Juliet (2009)

Penny Layden

Penny trained at Rose Bruford College.

Previously at the Globe she has played Ophelia in Hamlet (2000) and Diana in Antipodes (2000). Other theatre includes Cinderella (Old Vic), Vernon God Little (Young Vic), Comfort Me With Apples (Hampstead), Mary Barton, Electra, Mayhem (Royal Exchange), Assassins (Sheffield Crucible), Jane Eyre, The Magic Toyshop, A Passage To India (Shared Experience), The Laramie Project (Sound Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Southwark Playhouse), The Tempest, Juliet, Measure For Measure, Roberto Zucco (RSC), The Winter’s Tale, Ghosts (Method and Madness).

Her film credits include Poppy Shakespeare (Channel 4/Cowboy Films), The Libertine (Stanley IOM Films).

Television credits include Silent Witness, Doctors, Waterloo Road, The Bill, Bad Mother’s Handbook, No Angels, Murphy’s Law, Outlaws, Fat Friends, M.I.T, and Casualty.

 

 

Actor's Bulletins

Rehearsal Notes: In Performance

This is Penny's final bulletin, about the performances of Romeo and Juliet. She discusses the audience response to the play, to her character and to Shakespeare's humour. ...

Read More...

Rehearsal Notes: Tech Week

This is the sixth bulletin from Penny, in which she talks about technical rehearsals.   ...

Read More...

Rehearsal Notes: Week 4

This is the fifth bulletin from the Nurse (Penny Layden). It covers Penny’s costume, her work on key scenes and how she feels about the upcoming tech week. ...

Read More...

Rehearsal Notes: Week 3

This is the fourth bulletin from the Nurse (Penny Layden). ...

Read More...

Rehearsal Notes: Week 2

This is the third bulletin from the Nurse (Penny Layden). It covers Penny's second week of rehearsals, including getting the play on its feet and her work with text and character. ...

Read More...