Jane Arden

Who is Jane Arden?

Jane Arden is an English actress.

Born in Great Britain, she spent her childhood in Hong Kong and returned to the UK to train for the theatre. After performing her first Shakespearean role as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, she became a founding member of the British Actors Theatre Company, playing Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, Celia in As You Like It, and Hoyden in John Vanbrugh's The Relapse. She became an Associate Director for AFTLS - a company that tours Shakespeare plays to universities in the U.S.A. She played Lady Macbeth, Portia, Celia, Ariel and Juliet for the company. Other Shakespearean roles have been Hermia, Perdita, Maria, Lady Capulet. She has played in theatres throughout the UK in roles which have included several Alan Ayckbourn plays.

Arden's musical credits: West End productions Someone Like You, Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love, The King and I, and George and Ira Gershwin's Lady Be Good.

She played Cecile in Les Liaisons Dangereuses in the Wed End opposite Daniel J. Travanti and then went on to tour the play in Europe and South Africa.