William Shakespeare

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Standard Name: Shakespeare, William
The "Chandos" portrait of William Shakespeare, perhaps by John Taylor, c. 1610. Its claims to authenticity are doubtful, but better than most. It was the first portrait acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, 1856. An oval frame is painted round Shakespeare, who looks inscrutably at the viewer, with a bald forehead, moustache and small beard, wearing a black coat with white collar and a hoop earring in his left ear.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Material Conditions of Writing Ngaio Marsh
In 1946 Caxton Press published NM 's little book A Play Toward, the writing of which was sandwiched between productions of A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare and Henry V, a practical handbook for actors and producers.
Lewis, Margaret. Ngaio Marsh: A Life. Chatto & Windus, 1991.
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Material Conditions of Writing Iris Murdoch
Though she was a contented only child, IM said that the impulse to create imaginary siblings was the thing that first inspired her to write. In her teens she was a leading contributor to the...
names Rose Allatini
  • BirthName: Rose Laure Allatini
  • Nickname: Viola
    Her husband used this name for her in his initiate books. Its Shakespearean origin suggests connotations of romance, courage, and cross-dressing.
    Fuller, Jean Overton. Cyril Scott and a Hidden School: Towards the Peeling of an Onion. Theosophical History, 1998.
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  • Married: Scott
    RA published one book, White...
names Joanna Baillie
Walter Scott teased her about her taking up in her fifties the style of Mrs. (This had earlier been universal for older unmarried women, as a mark of respect; it was now becoming limited...
names Fay Weldon
  • BirthName: Franklin Birkinshaw
    FW 's mother invented her name for reasons of numerology: Franklin Birkinshaw produced the same numerical total as William Shakespeare. She was expecting a boy, and wanted to name him after...
names Anna Jane Vardill
  • BirthName: Anna Jane Vardill
  • Nickname: Variella
    De Montluzin, Emily Lorraine. Attributions of Authorship in the European Magazine, 1782-1826. 2007, http://bsuva.org/bsuva/euromag/.
    Variella was also the name of a character in John Till Allingham 's 1805 play The Weathercock, who is described by Peter Cochran as a shape-changing, disguise-addicted girl...
Occupation Ann Jellicoe
AJ raised funds for the Cockpit by appealing to numerous friends to join the club for half a crown each. Most of the performers were professional actors working as understudies in long-running productions in the...
Occupation Marie Corelli
Her guardianship of Shakespeare 's memory extended to public opposition of the Baconian theory that emerged in the early twentieth century: the belief that Shakespeare was not the author of the works attributed to him...
Occupation Fanny Kemble
FK , not yet twenty, made a triumphant Covent Garden Theatre debut as Shakespeare 's Juliet, saving her father 's company from bankruptcy.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1977.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Allibone, S. Austin, editor. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased. Gale Research, 1965.
Occupation Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
FMD published fiction in magazines launched with his brother. The first of his major novels, Zapiski iz podpol'ia (Notes from Underground), appeared in 1864. That year marked his descent into poverty but also...
Occupation Fanny Kemble
At Highgate Institute, FK gave a formal reading of Shakespeare ; she abandoned acting altogether this month to make her living exclusively through readings.
Clinton, Catherine. Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Simon and Schuster, 2000.
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Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1977.
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Occupation Charles Cowden Clarke
Between 1835 and 1856, on the advice of Mary Cowden Clark, who had observed his skill at reading aloud, CCC gave lectures on literature, including several on Shakespeare . Some of these were later published...
Occupation Flora Macdonald Mayor
She worked briefly with the Ben Greet Players after finishing her degree,
Hill, Susan, and Flora Macdonald Mayor. The Third Miss Symons, Virago, 1980, p. n.p.
prelims
taking small roles in various Shakespearean plays which the company was known for performing on tour in picturesque outdoor settings. At times...
Occupation Ngaio Marsh
She also returned (from September 1939) to producing plays,
Lewis, Margaret. Ngaio Marsh: A Life. Chatto & Windus, 1991.
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from which proceeds went towards the war effort. In 1943 she began work with the Canterbury University College Drama Society in the Little Theatre, Christchurch...
Occupation Elizabeth Griffith
EG opened her career as an actress at Smock Alley Theatre , Dublin, as the heroine in Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, playing to the middle-aged Romeo of the manager, Thomas Sheridan .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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