William Shakespeare

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...

Instead of taking up her university scholarship, PLT went to work. First Aunt Ellie wangled her a secretarial job for which she had to fake competence in maths. Then she managed to get permission to...

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...

DG made his sensational first appearence on any Stage as Shakespeare 's Richard III at Goodman's Fields in London.

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...

Garrick staged Shakespeare 's Henry IV, Part 2 at Drury Lane in historical costume instead of in the present fashions.

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

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...

David Garrick 's Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford caused a mighty furore, and laid the foundation for a whole tradition of bardolatry and the heritage industry.

Poems and Ballads appeared in 1866. This highly controversial collection, following closely on the heels of two successful plays, firmly established his literary reputation. He published an illustrated book of literary criticism, William Blake ...

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...

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.

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 ).

CS founded a Discussion Society for Ladies as well as a Shakespeare Reading Society , lecturing occasionally on topics relevant to both women and Shakespeare . She was initially a member of the New Shakespeare Society

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...