Heath-Caldwell, J. J. “Letters, References and Notes (1780-1874), Relating to James Caldwell and Anne Marsh (Marsh-Caldwell)”. Ancestors and Relatives of JJ Heath-Caldwell.
1839-1842
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Wealth and Poverty | Anne Marsh | Their move back to England was facilitated by a legacy of £5,000 from Anne's father. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Adelaide O'Keeffe | Three years after this, on 16 June 1840 (a week before a special meeting of the Fund's board), she composed a letter setting out for consideration a reformed and improved method of distributing payments. This... |
| 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... |
| Travel | Jane Loudon | Railway stations and refreshment rooms were now added to the list of amenities subject to critical comment. Clipped yew hedges near Nettlecombe in North Somerset were regarded as a relic of the past. They noted... |
| Travel | Mathilde Blind | MB
visited Stratford upon Avon, whose associations with Shakespeareproved a perfect source of inspiration to her. Garnett, Richard, and Mathilde Blind. “Memoir”. The Poetical Works of Mathilde Blind, edited by Arthur Symons and Arthur Symons, T. Fisher Unwin, pp. 1-43. 39 |
| Travel | Joanna Baillie | They travelled via Stratford upon Avon, where they were gratified by the historical memory of Shakespeare
, and then Ludlow, Montgomery, Dolgellau, and Caernarfon, to the seaside town of Barmouth... |
| Travel | Elizabeth Montagu | She waxed satirical to Elizabeth Vesey about the two poems entered for the Academy's prize, and especially about the reading of Voltaire
's paper against Shakespeare
(whose plays, recently translated into French, he thought capable... |
| Travel | Maya Angelou | Her role in the Porgy and Bess touring company was MA
's passport to travel the world. In Montreal she felt able for the first time in her life to look freely at white people... |
| Travel | Elizabeth Jennings | She often visited Stratford-on-Avon to meet friends and to see Shakespeare
plays; she noted that these trips restored and revitalised her. Contemporary Authors, Autobiography Series. Gale Research. 5: 114 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ruth Padel | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | W. H. Auden | It is no wonder than that Auden is an entertaining critic, with a penchant for the gnomic whether in titles (his essay on detective stories is called The Guilty Vicarage; his essay on Kafka |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Brownell Jameson | The fragments consider the art criticism of Ruskin
and the philosophies of Carlyle
on the question of happiness. Others concern her Anglican faith, sexism in the profession of writing, Joan of Arc
, and her... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Noel Streatfeild | NS
opened here a new field in fiction for children: that of the serious work and ambition necessary for even the youngest recruits to the world of theatre and ballet. 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. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Lucy Toulmin Smith | In providing readers with a guide to understanding Shakespeare
's plays, Smith takes a lively approach: at one point she warns her readers that Falstaff, it must be said, is not always fit company for... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Rebecca West | This series of essays grapples with the relation of the human will to religious and civil authority, as illustrated in various masterpieces of Western literature. British Book News. British Council. (1958): 739 |
Timeline
25 October 1415: Henry V's victory over the French at Agincourt...
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25 October 1415
Henry V
's victory over the French at Agincourt initiated the peak period of English rule over France.
3 March 1592: The first part of William Shakespeare's Henry...
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3 March 1592
The first part of William Shakespeare
's Henry VI (not, however, the first part to be written) probably had its opening performance.
18 April 1593: Shakespeare's first published work, the narrative...
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18 April 1593
Shakespeare
's first published work, the narrative poemVenus and Adonis, was registered with the Stationers' Company
; the only recorded copy is in the Bodleian Library
.
2 May 1594: The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare,...
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2 May 1594
The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare
, was entered in the Stationers' Register.
1597: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, probably...
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1597
Shakespeare
's Romeo and Juliet, probably written in 1594-5, was both staged and published.
22 July 1598: Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice...
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22 July 1598
Shakespeare
's comedyThe Merchant of Venice was entered in the Stationers' Register
by the printer named James Roberts.
September 1598: Ben Jonson's earliest well-known comedy,...
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September 1598
Ben Jonson
's earliest well-known comedy, Every Man in His Humour, was first performed, with a cast that included Richard Burbage
and William Shakespeare
.
: Shakespeare probably composed his Roman history...
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Spring1599
Shakespeare
probably composed his Roman historyplayJulius Caesar.
Spring 1599: As soon as the danger of frost was over,...
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Spring 1599
As soon as the danger of frost was over, the Globe Theatre
was built,or re-built, in Southwark, south of the river in London, as a home for Shakespeare
's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men
.
: William Jaggard published The Passionate...
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Summer1599
William Jaggard
published The Passionate Pilgrime, a pirated miscellany including poetry by Marlowe
, Shakespeare
, and others; the title-page ascription to Shakespeare is unjustified.
4 August 1600: Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It was entered...
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4 August 1600
Shakespeare
's comedy As You Like It was entered in the Stationers' Register
; it remained unpublished until 1623.
23 August 1600: William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado about...
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23 August 1600
William Shakespeare
's comedy Much Ado about Nothing, probably written between summer 1598 and spring 1599, was licensed with the Stationers' Company
; it was printed this year.
7 February 1601: Followers of the Earl of Essex attended a...
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7 February 1601
Followers of the Earl of Essex
attended a play at the Globe Theatre, the day before rising against Queen Elizabeth
: this has been taken, probably wrongly, to demonstrate the theatre's political power.
26 July 1602: Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet was entered...
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26 July 1602
Shakespeare
's tragedy Hamlet was entered in the Stationers' Register
, probably not long after its first performance.
Texts
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Editor Hoy, Cyrus, W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.
Callcott, Maria, and William Shakespeare. “Introduction”. The Seven Ages of Shakspeare, edited by J. Martin and J. Martin, J. Van Voorst, 1840.
Shakespeare, William. “Introduction”. Macbeth, edited by Kenneth Muir, Methuen, 1953, p. xi - lxxiv.
Shakespeare, William. “Introduction”. Sonnets, edited by Alfred Leslie Rowse, Macmillan, 1964, p. vii - xxxvii.
Shakespeare, William. “Introduction and Textual Note”. Hamlet, edited by Edward Hubler, New American Library, 1963.
Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Editor Rowse, Alfred Leslie, Macmillan, 1964.
Shakespeare, William. The Family Shakespeare. Editor Bowdler, Henrietta Maria, R. Cruttwell; J. Hatchard, 1807.
Shakespeare, William. The Plays of William Shakespeare. Editor Johnson, Samuel, Vol.
8 vols.
, Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765.