Eliza Langland
Actor. Author. Re-thinker
Books by Eliza Langland
Elsinore
Hamlet history hidden in plain sight. Narrative non-fiction.
Thou Art Alive!
Shakespeare cue scripts. The secrets they tell. Narrative non-fiction.
The True Story of the Lonely Wife
On Orkney Novella, and other stories.
Rocks and Hard Places
Ghost stories, love stories and short fiction.
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Eliza Langland
Actor. Author. Re-thinker.
Professional training/education
Queen Margaret College School of Drama (now QMU).
Post-grad “Mime, mouvement, theatre”. Ecole Jacques Lecoq.
Theatre Ecole de Masques de Cyrille Dives.
Post grad Edinburgh University (MSc by research – History).
Eliza Langland is also qualified in clinical hypnotherapy.
Reader reactions to
Elsinore. Hamlet history hidden in plain sight:
I very quickly became immersed in this book not least because of Langland’s lively and engaging style of writing and her detailed knowledge of her subject.
What a fabulous read.
Can’t put it down.
Oh my, this is heart stopping stuff.
Reader-friendly and a dry wit.
An absolutely fascinating read. A real page-turner detective job.
The research is compelling!
Beautifully balanced. Intelligently subtle. Painstaking research. A truly fresh perspective.
5-star reviews.
Latest Thoughts
Writing on the fly…
Edinburgh author discovers Hamlet’s Book
What is the book Hamlet reads? You know the one? In Act II, Sc 2, he comes onstage quietly reading. Is it a bible, a book of poetry, an...
Thou Art Alive: What’s My Through Line?
It was my first experience of playing Shakespeare using parts and cues. As I got up to read I asked ‘what’s my character’s through line?’ It was...
Thou Art Alive: Not Liking Shakespeare
Andrew didn’t like Shakespeare. “Well,” he said, “when I say I don’t like Shakespeare, I don’t mean I don’t like Shakespeare, I mean I wish I did...
