Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre | For this production she made some cuts, and revised the catastrophe or plot-resolution. Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre,. Dramas, Translations and Occasional Poems. John Murray. 1: prelims |
| Friends, Associates | Anna Letitia Barbauld | A week later, calling her an amiable lady, he claimed (falsely) that she saw Richardson
as the equal of Shakespeare
. In January 1812 he shocked Henry Crabb Robinson
(who thought this behaviour personally... |
| Textual Production | Sir J. M. Barrie | Dear Brutus, another fantasy play by SJMB
, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
. Its title quotation, from Shakespeare
's Julius Caesar, says that men themselves, not fate, are to blame for their shortcomings. “Peter Pan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia”. C20th.com. |
| Literary Setting | Sir J. M. Barrie | Crichton is a lower-class hero in class-stratified England, who is vindicated in the setting of an imagined island, rather in the manner of Shakespeare
an romance. |
| Textual Features | Sir J. M. Barrie | The action, which takes place in a magic forest, fantastically enables second chances which nevertheless fail to be better exploited than the first choices were. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls this the most... |
| Violence | Sylvia Beach | A truck came to pick her up in the morning, giving her time to pack only a few warm clothes and books. She mistakenly packed two Bibles, and two collected Shakespeare
s (which were... |
| Textual Production | Gertrude Bell | GB
published her fourth travel book, Amurath to Amurath, which she copiously illustrated with her own photographs, Howell, Georgina. Daughter of the Desert: the Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell. Macmillan. 132 The title comes from Shakespeare
's Henry V contrasting his accession... |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger | Benger wrote an impromptu poem in the presence of one W. J. S., A Lament: on the Paucity of Information Respecting the Life and Character of Shakespeare—a fitting subject for a biographer. Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 2nd ser. (1861) xi: 384 |
| Textual Production | Theodora Benson | TB
published Rehearsal for Death, a murder mystery in which several of the characters are actors, and Shakespeare
is constantly quoted. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Theodora Benson | While the title alludes to Lewis Carroll
, the chapters are headed with quotations which begin with Shakespeare
and Verlaine
, move through such less usual sources as Punch and Rupert Brooke
, and conclude... |
| Textual Production | Theodora Benson | TB
published her first novel, Salad Days, with a dedication to her friend and future collaborator Betty Askwith
. The title-page quotes Shakespeare
's Cleopatra. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Theodora Benson | TB
published an account of her Asian journey of two years before, entitled (quoting Shakespeare
's Antony) In the East My Pleasure Lies. The same title was later used by Beryl Pogson
for a... |
| Textual Production | Phyllis Bentley | PB
published an autobiographical novel about the writer's metier, Noble in Reason (whose title quotes from one of Hamlet
's soliloquies). Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 191. Gale Research. 28 |
| 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... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Betham-Edwards | Amelia B. Edwards
, cousin of MBE
, became known as a novelist, travel-writer, and Egyptologist. Miles, Alfred H. The Victorian Poets: The Bio-Critical Introductions to the Victorian Poets from A. H. Miles’s The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century. Editor Fredeman, William E., Garland. 385 Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. D. Bryce. 127 |
Timeline
About March 1681: Nahum Tate's re-written version of Shakespeare's...
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About March 1681
Nahum Tate
's re-written version of Shakespeare
's tragedyKing Lear was staged in London; it was printed the same year.
1702: An Act to Oblige Jews to Maintain and Provide...
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1702
An Act to Oblige Jews to Maintain and Provide for their Protestant Children forbade Jewish fathers from disinheriting daughters who (like Jessica in William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice) converted to Christianity.
Kerrigan, John. “Fathers Who Live Too Long”. London Review of Books, Vol.
35
, No. 17, pp. 18-19. 18
20 May 1707: Jacob Tonson the elder signed the first of...
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20 May 1707
Jacob Tonson
the elder signed the first of two copyright agreements giving him sole right in Shakespeare
's plays.
10 April 1710: An Act for the Encouragement of Learning...
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10 April 1710
An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (later called the Copyright Act), passed in 1709, became effective.
6 December 1718: Nicholas Rowe, playwright, translator, and...
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6 December 1718
Nicholas Rowe
, playwright, translator, and editor of Shakespeare
, died after four years in the post of Poet Laureate.
2 July 1737: The Opposition paper The Craftsman published...
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2 July 1737
The Opposition paper The Craftsman published excerpts from Shakespeare
's King John which were designed to reflect obloquy on the conduct of George II
.
Late 1737 to spring 1738: A group of women calling themselves Shakespeare's...
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Late 1737 to spring 1738
A group of women calling themselves Shakespeare
's Ladies persuaded the two licensed playhouses in London to stage many of Shakespeare
's long-neglected plays.
By February 1741: A monument was erected by subscription to...
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By February 1741
A monument was erected by subscription to the memory of Shakespeare
in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
1767: At auctions of copyright, Richardson's Clarissa...
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1767
At auctions of copyright, Richardson
's Clarissa was valued at £600, but Addison
and Steele
's Spectator at £1,300, Shakespeare
at £1,800, and Pope
at £4,400.
14 October 1769: Garrick's afterpiece The Jubilee opened at...
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14 October 1769
Garrick
's afterpieceThe Jubilee opened at Drury Lane
, where it enjoyed the record run of the century: ninety performances in one season.
20 June 1787: Actor John Palmer briefly opened the first...
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20 June 1787
Actor John Palmer
briefly opened the first new London theatre since 1732: the Royalty
in Well Street.
By 1 May 1789: John Boydell opened his Shakespeare Gallery,...
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By 1 May 1789
John Boydell
opened his Shakespeare Gallery
, an exhibition of British artists' renderings of scenes from Shakespeare
.
29 November 1790: Edmond Malone, who in 1778 had published...
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29 November 1790
Edmond Malone
, who in 1778 had published the first serious attempt at a date order for Shakespeare's plays, followed that with his immensely learned edition of Shakespeare
, which set the standards for later scholarship.
2 April 1796: Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered...
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2 April 1796
Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered tragedy by Shakespeare
but actually written by William Henry Ireland
, opened under Richard Brinsley Sheridan
's management at Drury Lane
.
November 1802: Thomas Holcroft's "A Tale of Mystery", produced...
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November 1802
Thomas Holcroft
's "A Tale of Mystery", produced at Covent Garden
, formally introduced melodrama to the English stage.
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