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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Occupation Eliza Haywood
She appeared in Thomas Shadwell 's adaptation of Shakespeare 's Timon of Athens. She seems to have had some provincial acting experience too, and is recorded on stage at Nottingham on 23 April 1717...
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 Jean Middlemass
JM never acted in a theatre, though she recited at the Royal Pavilion, to a full audience at the Dome, and at many private parties. The parts she played included: Esther in Thomas William Robertson
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 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 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 Charlotte Charke
CC , at Henry Fielding 's Haymarket Theatre , appeared in male roles: as Macheath (John Gay ), Falstaff (Shakespeare ), George Barnwell (George Lillo ), and Lothario (Nicholas Rowe ).
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 402ff
Occupation David Garrick
DG made his sensational first appearence on any Stage
qtd. in
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 935
as Shakespeare 's Richard III at Goodman's Fields in London.
qtd. in
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
3: 935
Occupation Harold Pinter
He acted for this company for a year and learned a lot. He worked his way up in Shakespearean roles from bit parts to major ones and discovered the writings of Samuel Beckett .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation Edith Craig
Among her Shakespeare an roles for the company were Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Donalbain in Macbeth, and the King's page in Richard III.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
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Occupation David Garrick
Garrick staged Shakespeare 's Henry IV, Part 2 at Drury Lane in historical costume instead of in the present fashions.
qtd. in
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 947-8, 960
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 Edith Craig
In addition to a memorial service and speeches, these annual tributes usually included scenes from Shakespeare performed by well-known actors such as John Gielgud and Sybil Thorndike . Playwright Clemence Dane gave a memorial speech...
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 Mary Matilda Betham
MMB wrote later that many people thought her a singular, and perhaps imprudent person, because I rhymed, and ventured into the world as an artist; but I belonged to a large family, and dreaded dependence...

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