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An ongoing examination of the literary world of Early Modern England. Companion site to my forthcoming book which tells the story of Shakespeare and Mary Sidney Herbert the extraordinary woman who appears at every turn in the search for the author. Click to read Spearshaker: Ben Jonson, Mary Sidney, and Shakespeare, by David W Richardson, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
Mary Shakespeare (nee Arden) Shakespeare's mother was born Mary Arden, the daughter of a well-to-do landowner in a lesser branch of an aristocratic family. (The family gave its name to the nearby Forest of Arden, which is the setting of Shakespeare's As You Like It. )
Mary Arden's house, also known as Glebe Farm. Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare (née Arden), the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, the term may refer to either of two houses.
May 13, 2021 · Mary Arden married the up-and-coming glover (and later wool dealer and money-lender) John Shakespeare, probably in 1557. Before long they moved into his substantial double-house in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, now known as Shakespeare’s Birthplace. Mary had eight children, but only six survived infancy.
Sep 29, 2022 · Going into Evain’s “Mary Sidney, Alias Shakespeare,” an absorbing staged conference presented at the Théâtre de l’Épée de Bois, in the suburbs of Paris, I expected little more than a ...
Feb 12, 2015 · Michael Wood tells the story of Mary Arden, an ordinary woman in a time of revolution, whose family is rescued from hardship by her successful eldest son - William Shakespeare.
August 24, 2021. Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare. This most recent adaptation of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare will enthrall a new generation of children. The book contains the following tales: The Tempest (Mary Lamb), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mary Lamb), The Winter's Tale (Mary Lamb),
