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Connections
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|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Jennifer Johnston | JJ
's playThe Nightingale and not the Lark (titled with a quotation from Shakespeare
's Romeo and Juliet) was published at London by Samuel French
. |
| Textual Production | Barbara Hofland | |
| Textual Production | Monica Furlong | MF
titled her single book of poetry God's a Good Man, an assertion made by Shakespeare
's Dogberry which she finds absurd but moving. 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. |
| Textual Production | Germaine Greer | GG
's doctoral thesis, The Ethic of Love and Marriage in Shakespeare
's Early Comedies, set out to demonstrate that the lovers' relationships portrayed in these stylised plays are deeply imagined, not merely conventional. Wallace, Christine. Germaine Greer: Untamed Shrew. Richard Cohen Books. 117 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Inchbald | EI
published brief prefaces for a prestigious collection of play-texts: The British Theatre, in 25 volumes of five plays each, Shakespeare
heading the list. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 3d ser. 16 (1809): 110 Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America. 35 |
| Textual Production | Charlotte Stopes | CS
published Shakespeare
's Industry. |
| Textual Production | Grace Aguilar | GA
's domestic novel Woman's Friendship was issued posthumously. She had passionately defended her choice of topic by citing the authority of Shakespeare
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| Textual Production | Alison Cockburn | AC
's occasional writings include a serious self-examination in rhythmical prose entitled The Character of Mrs C—n by Herself, which begins: Born with too much sensibility to enjoy ease, / With high ideas of... |
| Textual Production | Maureen Duffy | MD
's website features a series of poems indignantly addressed to William Langland
, author of Piers Plowman, of behalf of the new, unacknowledged poor. The New Vision of Piers Plowless sets the scene:... |
| Textual Production | Iza Duffus Hardy | IDH
's A New Othello, A Novel ran as a serial in London Society, before appearing in three volumes in 1890. She radically alters and complicates the plot of Shakespeare
's play. Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. D. Bryce. 206 |
| Textual Production | Dorothy L. Sayers | DLS
's third Harriet Vane detective novel, Gaudy Night, was published; its unusual combination of feminism and romance has made it probably her best-known book. The title is a clever double allusion. Gaudy night... |
| Textual Production | Catherine Fanshawe | She also left large watercolour drawings illustrating the Seven Ages of Man in Shakespeare
's As You Like It, and sketchbooks, many of them filled with Italian scenes. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Marie Belloc Lowndes | MBL
's From the Vasty Deep is a thriller titled from the boast of Shakespeare
's Glendower about his power to summon spirits, and published by November the same year. It takes for its protagonist... |
| Textual Production | Barbara Hofland | The publishers were Grant and Griffith
, successors to John Harris
. Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press. 39 |
| Textual Production | Anna Steele | AS
entitled her third novel Broken Toys, and dedicated it to her brother Charles Page Wood
, with a quotation about friendship from Shakespeare
's The Merchant of Venice. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. Steele, Anna. Broken Toys. Chapman and Hall. title-page, prelims |
Timeline
June 1911: Ellen Terry lectured on the topic of Shakespeare's...
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June 1911
Ellen Terry
lectured on the topic of Shakespeare
's Triumphant Women, under the auspices of the Pioneer Players
.
1913: Caroline Spurgeon became the first woman...
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1913
Caroline Spurgeon
became the first woman professor in Britain when she was named Professor of English Literature at Bedford College
.
15 February 1913: The Birmingham Repertory Theatre opened with...
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15 February 1913
December 1927: Nancy Hewins opened the first production...
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December 1927
23 April 1932: On the traditional date of Shakespeare's...
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23 April 1932
On the traditional date of Shakespeare
's birthday, the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
in Stratford upon Avon opened with a performance of Henry IV, parts I and II.
1944: Laurence Olivier directed and starred in...
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1944
Laurence Olivier
directed and starred in the film Henry V, making the most of the English patriotic feeling in Shakespeare
's original play.
1944: The Old Vic Company began its season at New...
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1944
The Old Vic Company
began its season at New Theatre
in London with Laurence Olivier
and Ralph Richardson
in Ibsen
's Peer Gynt, Shaw
's Arms and the Man, and Shakespeare
's Richard III.
1946: At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Irish-born...
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1946
At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Irish-born Catherine Gaskin
(now resident in Australia) published her first novel, This Other Eden (titled from a famous speech about England spoken by Shakespeare
's John of Gaunt).
April 1946: The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford...
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April 1946
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
, Stratford upon Avon, was reopened by Sir Barry Jackson
with a performance of Love's Labour's LostWilliam Shakespeare
produced by Peter Brook
.
1949: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, released the previous...
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1949
Laurence Olivier
's Hamlet,William Shakespeare
released the previous year, became the first British film to win the Oscar for best film.
1951: Theatre historian Allardyce Nicoll established...
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1951
Theatre historian Allardyce Nicoll
established the Shakespeare Institute
; it is part of Birmingham University
and is housed in Mason Croft at Stratford, formerly the home of novelist Marie Corelli
.
10 May 1951: Actress Vivien Leigh and actor Laurence Olivier...
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10 May 1951
Actress Vivien Leigh
and actor Laurence Olivier
began the season at St James's Theatre
, London, alternately playing Shaw
's Caesar and Cleopatra and Shakespeare
's Antony and Cleopatra.
December 1965: Actress Peggy Ashcroft toured Norway with...
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December 1965
Actress Peggy Ashcroft
toured Norway with a show of her own devising, Words on Women and Some Women's Words, originally written for performance at London University
.
: Peter Brook directed at Stratford upon Avon...
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Spring1970
Peter Brook
directed at Stratford upon Avon a production of Shakespeare
's Midsummer Night's Dream which redefined the possibilities of theatre.
23 April 1975: A major demonstration was held in Belgrave...
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23 April 1975
A major demonstration was held in Belgrave Square, London, in support of Public Lending Right.
Fraser, Antonia. Must You Go?. Random House of Canada.
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