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Shakespeare's Will - Winnipeg-born Vern Thiessen's speculative biographical play about Anne Hathaway - is back at Stratford for a second time in the Studio Theatre slot reserved for star vehicles ...
Ever since William Shakespeare bequeathed his ‘second best bed’ to his wife Anne, the barely-veiled snub has been viewed as one of history’s greatest slights.
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In Shakespeare's time, a bed was an expensive and luxurious item, generally regarded as a valuable heirloom. The "best bed" was often reserved for guests, ...
he 21st annual Shakespeare Monologue Competition at Greenfield-Central High School, at 7 p.m. Jan. 29, is open to the public and offers those who attend an opportunity to taste, hear and ...
William Shakespeare’s reputation as a family man has never fully recovered from the discovery that his most striking bequest to his wife was their “second best bed”.
Shakespeare's will reveals he left 'second best bed' to his wife. William Shakespeare left his wife their 'second best bed' in his last will and testament, probate records show ...
We have been told that his marriage to an older woman was an unhappy one, that Shakespeare’s bequest to his wife of a “second-best bed” confirms how “little he esteemed her,” and that ...
The Great Bed of Ware has been one of the most popular exhibits at the museum ever since, and has only been off display once, during a brief exhibition in its hometown in 2012-2013.
In the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death, Royal & Derngate, English Touring Theatre and The Rose Theatre, Kingston are producing The Herbal Bed, a play about Shakespeare's family, set ...