Characters: 3 male, 6 female. Representational set Shakespeare's characters are forever famous, not only for the beauty of the lines they spoke, but for wit, humor, and joyous humanity Six of these great women and three extraordinary men meet in a totally contemporary play Kate and Petruchio, Romeo and Juliet, daring Henry V, plus Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra, combine to produce a mad and merry tribute to the greatest writer of them all | A Merry Regiment Of Women by Rae Shirley, Paperback | Indigo Chapters