In 2014, Margot Robbie founded her own production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, with a view to creating women-led films and television shows. Now, it has been announced that the actress and producer is set to create a new TV series based on the works of William Shakespeare – with each episode told from the perspective of a female character.

Deadline reports that a female creative team will lead the as-yet-untitled project, which is to be produced in Australia and set in the present day. Each of the 10 standalone episodes will be based on a different work by The Bard, with the goal of exploring different aspects of modern society. LuckyChap has partnered with Australian production company Hoodlum and ABC Studios International to create the series.

“We are thrilled about this Australian partnership as an opportunity to showcase unique, distinctly female voices in writing, and to demonstrate the high quality of the Australian film and television industry,” LuckyChap said in a statement.

“The project will share diverse points of view, from writers representing the different cultures and areas within Australia, which many would not readily associate with works of Shakespeare.”

Tracey Robertson, CEO of Hoodlum, said that the project “will bring together leading and emerging female voices in Australian screen to re-imagine Shakespeare in a modern context… This is an incredibly original and bold approach for a television series and I can’t wait to see the stories that will emerge.”

Margot Robbie to make Shakespearean TV drama written from female perspectives