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Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke. Mary Sidney was the most educated woman in England, comparable only to Queen Elizabeth. She was fluent in Italian, French, and Latin, and probably Greek; played the lute and virginals; sang; had all the refinements of an aristocratic woman, such as medical training, falconry, hunting, court life, etc.
Oct 28, 2015 · Mary Shakespeare. Posted on October 28, 2015. Mary Arden was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was the youngest of eight daughters and lived in a farmhouse that was built in 1514. Mary’s father, Robert Arden, was a member of the Guild of the Holy Cross, an important communal Stratford institution.
Sep 5, 2019 · Brother: Gilbert Shakespeare (born in 1566) Sister: Joan Shakespeare (born in 1569) Sister: Anne Shakespeare (born in 1571) Brother: Richard Shakespeare (born in 1574) Brother: Edmund Shakespeare (born in 1580) John and Mary had a total of eight children, but infant mortality was common in Elizabethan England, and the first two children passed ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Shakespeare was the third child of John Shakespeare, a glove-maker and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local heiress to land. John held official positions as alderman and bailiff, an office ...
Mar 22, 2020 · Mother’s Day provides a perfect opportunity to take a closer look at the woman who shaped Shakespeare’s life, his mother Mary Shakespeare née Arden. We know very little about Mary Arden’s marriage to John Shakespeare, which took place sometime between 1556 and 1558. He was the son of a tenant farmer on her father’s land.
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.
MBU’s Shakespeare and Performance program is where the page meets the stage. Our Master of Letters (MLitt) program balances four core concentrations: acting, directing, dramaturgy, and teaching. With a 7:1 student-to-faculty ratio, and a dynamic interdisciplinary approach, the program enables you to explore classic and new texts in the ...
