"her younger siblings, twins Hamnet and Judith. Stratford school records of the time do not exist, and since girls were not allowed at the Stratford King Edward VI School, any education she would have received would have been arranged by her family through tutors. Her signature exists in two separate documents, demonstrating that she was able to sign her name. Susanna married John Hall, a respected physician, on 5 June 1607 in Holy Trinity Church. She was 24; he was about 32. Some slight evidence indicates that Shakespeare settled a substantial dowry on Susanna of 105 acres of his land"
"on business for several weeks with Hall. The Herbal Bed The Herbal Bed (1996) is a play by Peter Whelan, written specifically for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The play is set in the year 1613 and is about Susanna Hall, daughter of William Shakespeare, who is accused of adultery with local haberdasher Rafe Smith. Her husband, Dr John Hall, is suspicious of their relationship, but stands up for his wife when she takes her accuser to court for slander. Though Susanna's father is regularly mentioned, his name is never specified and he never appears. The play ends as he is"
"Elizabeth Barnard Elizabeth, Lady Barnard (formerly Elizabeth Nash, née Elizabeth Hall) (baptised 21 February 1608 – 17 February 1670) was the granddaughter of the English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. Despite two marriages, she had no children, and was his last surviving descendant. Elizabeth was closely associated with the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Both her husbands were dedicated supporters of Charles I. Elizabeth Hall was born to Susanna Hall and Doctor John Hall. She was baptised in the Holy Trinity Church of Stratford-upon-Avon, England. She was the only grandchild William Shakespeare ever knew, because her three cousins"
"Susanna and John Hall's firstborn, and her male heirs; 7) to Judith and her male heirs; or 8) to whatever heirs the law would normally recognise. This elaborate entail is usually taken to indicate that Thomas Quiney was not to be entrusted with Shakespeare's inheritance, although some have speculated that it might simply indicate that Susanna was the favoured child. Judith and Thomas Quiney had three children: Shakespeare was named for his grandfather. Richard's name was common among the Quineys: his paternal grandfather and an uncle were named Richard. Shakespeare Quiney died at six months of age. Richard and Thomas"
"The Herbal Bed The Herbal Bed (1996) is a play by Peter Whelan, written specifically for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The play is set in the year 1613 and is about Susanna Hall, daughter of William Shakespeare, who is accused of adultery with local haberdasher Rafe Smith. Her husband, Dr John Hall, is suspicious of their relationship, but stands up for his wife when she takes her accuser to court for slander. Though Susanna's father is regularly mentioned, his name is never specified and he never appears. The play ends as he is about to enter. In the original 1996"
"John Hall sued for slander. Lane failed to appear and was convicted. From November 1614 Shakespeare was in London for several weeks with his son-in-law, Hall. In the last few weeks of Shakespeare's life, the man who was to marry his younger daughter Judith—a tavern-keeper named Thomas Quiney—was charged in the local church court with ""fornication"". A woman named Margaret Wheeler had given birth to a child and claimed it was Quiney's; she and the child both died soon after. Quiney was thereafter disgraced, and Shakespeare revised his will to ensure that Judith's interest in his estate was protected from"
"age of 53. In the will that he made on 20 August 1642 he bequeathed memorial rings (a common practice at the time) to Thomas and Judith Quiney, Shakespeare's son-in-law and daughter. Less straightforwardly, he also bequeathed property that did not belong to him, for example leaving New Place, the property of his mother-in-law Susanna Hall, to his cousin Edward Nash. Indeed, Nash even refers to Susanna in a letter as ""Mrs. Hall, my mother-in-law, who lives with me"". Susanna successfully retained the house, which Shakespeare had bought in 1597, after some legal wrangling. Nash was buried in the chancel"
"for a lifetime of excellence in the performing arts. In 2015 he was awarded the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement in Fiction. Hall's autobiography, ""Bums on seats"", was published by Penguin Books in 1998. He has a son and a daughter. His daughter, Pip Hall, is a playwright and television producer. Roger Hall (playwright) Roger Leighton Hall (born 17 January 1939) is one of New Zealand's most successful playwrights, arguably best known for comedies that carry a vein of social criticism and feelings of pathos. Hall was born in Essex, England, and educated at London's University College School from"
"his two houses on Henley Street and various lands in and around Stratford, Shakespeare had set up an entail. His estate was bequeathed, in descending order of choice, to the following: 1) his daughter, Susanna Hall; 2) upon Susanna's death, ""to the first sonne of her bodie lawfullie yssueing & to the heires Males of the bodie of the saied first Sonne lawfullie yssueing""; 3) to Susanna's second son and his male heirs; 4) to Susanna's third son and his male heirs; 5) to Susanna's ""ffourth ... ffyfth sixte & Seaventh sonnes"" and their male heirs; 6) to Elizabeth Hall,"
"left to his daughter after his death. Hall's Croft Hall's Croft is a building in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, which was owned by William Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna Hall, and her husband Dr John Hall whom she married in 1607. The building is listed grade I,and now contains a collection of 16th- and 17th-century paintings and furniture. There is also an exhibition about Doctor John Hall and the obscure medical practices of the period. The property includes a dramatic walled garden which contains a variety of plant life that John Hall may have used in his treatments. John and Susanna Hall later"
"Hall's Croft Hall's Croft is a building in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, which was owned by William Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna Hall, and her husband Dr John Hall whom she married in 1607. The building is listed grade I,and now contains a collection of 16th- and 17th-century paintings and furniture. There is also an exhibition about Doctor John Hall and the obscure medical practices of the period. The property includes a dramatic walled garden which contains a variety of plant life that John Hall may have used in his treatments. John and Susanna Hall later moved to New Place, which William Shakespeare"
"the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2009 Channel 4 miniseries ""Red Riding: 1974"". In 2013, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance in BBC Two's ""Parade's End"". Hall was born on 3 May 1982 in London, the daughter of English stage director and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Peter Hall and American opera singer Maria Ewing. Her mother is of Sioux, African-American, Scottish and Dutch origin. Her parents separated when she was still young, eventually divorcing in 1990. Hall has five half-siblings: stage director Edward Hall, producer Christopher"
"Susanna (Handel) Susanna (HWV 66) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, in English. The libretto had been questionably attributed to Newburgh Hamilton but is now thought to have been penned by the poet/playwright Moses Mendes (d.1758). The story is based on that of Susanna in chapter 13 of the Book of Daniel in the Bible. Handel composed the music in the summer of 1748 and premiered the work the next season at Covent Garden theatre, London, on 10 February 1749. The thirteenth chapter of the book of Daniel, considered apocryphal in Protestant tradition, tells how, during the captivity of"
"Susanna's second son and his male heirs; 4) to Susanna's third son and his male heirs; 5) to Susanna's ""fourth... fifth sixth & Seventh sons"" and their male heirs; 6) to Elizabeth Hall, Susanna and John Hall's firstborn, and her male heirs; 7) to Judith and her male heirs; or 8) to whatever heirs the law would normally recognise. This elaborate entail is usually taken to indicate that Thomas Quiney was not to be entrusted with Shakespeare's inheritance, although some have speculated that it might simply indicate that Susanna was the favoured child. Shakespeare's will William Shakespeare's last will and"
"Since Shaw's death scholarly and critical opinion has varied about his works, but he has regularly been rated as second only to Shakespeare among British dramatists; analysts recognise his extensive influence on generations of English-language playwrights. The word ""Shavian"" has entered the language as encapsulating Shaw's ideas and his means of expressing them. Shaw was born at 3 Upper Synge Street in Portobello, a lower-middle-class part of Dublin. He was the youngest child and only son of George Carr Shaw (1814–1885) and Lucinda Elizabeth (Bessie) Shaw (""née"" Gurly; 1830–1913). His elder siblings were Lucinda (Lucy) Frances (1853–1920) and Elinor Agnes"
"Sands Hall Sands Hall (April 17, 1952) is an American writer, theatre director, actor, and musician. The daughter of novelist Oakley Hall, she was born in La Jolla, California, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Irvine. She earned two Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Iowa, one in Theatre Arts and the second in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theatre Advanced Training Program. Hall's writing work includes the play ""Fair Use"", which explores the long debated plagiarism in"
"an arrow, Bulstrode. Second, 1 and 4, for Hall, 2 and 3 Shakespeare"". Nash married Elizabeth Hall, Shakespeare's granddaughter, on 22 April 1626 at Holy Trinity church in Stratford-upon-Avon. Thomas de Quincey conjectured that this date was chosen to celebrate the birthday of Elizabeth's famous grandfather, who was baptised on 26 April, and whose birthday is traditionally celebrated on 23 April. Being 32 years old at the time of the marriage, Nash was 14 years older than his 18-year-old bride. They had no children, and Elizabeth was the last direct descendent of Shakespeare. Thomas Nash died in 1647, at the"
"""Animal Farm"" (in his own adaptation, 1984); and ""Antony and Cleopatra"" (1987, with Judi Dench and Anthony Hopkins). Hall returned to the NT for the last time in 2011 with a production of ""Twelfth Night"" mounted by the company to celebrate his eightieth birthday. His daughter, Rebecca Hall, played Viola. Upon leaving the NT in 1988, Hall launched his own commercial company with productions in the West End and on Broadway of Tennessee Williams' ""Orpheus Descending"" (with Vanessa Redgrave) and ""The Merchant of Venice"" (with Dustin Hoffman). The Peter Hall Company went on to stage more than sixty plays in"
"two months after the wedding to answer charges of ""carnal copulation"" with a Margaret Wheeler, who died in childbirth. Scholars believe that as a result of these events William Shakespeare altered his will to favour his other daughter, Susanna Hall, and excluded Quiney from his inheritance. Judith and Thomas had three children: Shakespeare, Richard, and Thomas. Shakespeare Quiney died at six months of age, and neither Richard nor Thomas lived past 21. The death of Judith's last child led to legal wrangling over William Shakespeare's will that lasted until 1652. Scholars speculate that Thomas Quiney may have died in 1662"
"is now open to the public. After Shakespeare's death, they moved into his former house at New Place. Hall appears to have had a close relationship with his father-in-law, as they are recorded being in agreement with each other over a local issue regarding enclosure in 1613. They are also known to have travelled together to London on business in 1614. Hall was a leading local Puritan. He had supported the Puritan vicar, Thomas Wilson, against whom there was much local opposition. In 1613, a member of the anti-Wilson faction, John Lane, defamed Susanna, claiming she had committed adultery with"
"the Church of Saint Peter & Paul, Abington, where she is buried. The family home of Sir John and Lady Barnard is now a museum, Abington Park Museum, and the grounds are now a park in the town of Northampton. Elizabeth Barnard Elizabeth, Lady Barnard (formerly Elizabeth Nash, née Elizabeth Hall) (baptised 21 February 1608 – 17 February 1670) was the granddaughter of the English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. Despite two marriages, she had no children, and was his last surviving descendant. Elizabeth was closely associated with the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Both her husbands were"
"Suzanne Hall Suzanne Hall (born 1972 in Australia, but raised in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a British actress and teacher. Before attending her first high school, Worden Sports College in Leyland, she went to Hayward School in Bolton and, at that time lived in Great Lever, but currently lives in Smithills. She is an actress who played Suzanne Ashworth in British Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"", from 2005 to 2010 and again in 2011. She was previously best known as Curly Watts' sometime love interest Kimberley Taylor in ""Coronation Street"". Her on-screen father was played by actor John Jardine who"
"directed the 2012 two-part TV miniseries ""Restless"". Hall took over as Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre in February 2010. Hall is the son of the theatre director Sir Peter Hall and his second wife, Jacqueline Taylor. He is half-brother of actress Rebecca Hall. Hall studied at Leeds University and Mountview Theatre School. He is married to Issy van Randwyck, a British comedian and actress, with whom he has two daughters. Edward Hall (director) Edward Hall (born 27 November 1966) is an English theatre and film director who founded Propeller Shakespeare in 1998 of which he is Artistic Director. He also"
"Willis Hall Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 – 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. His best-known work was a stage adaptation of the 1959 novel ""Billy Liar"" (1960), co-written with the book's author and Hall's lifelong friend and collaborator Keith Waterhouse. Born in Hunslet, Leeds, Hall was the only son and elder child of Walter Hall, an engineer's fitter, and his wife, Gladys (née Gibbon). He attended local council schools as well as Cockburn High School. After school, Hall"
"line. John Hart (1755–1800) was identified as ""the 6th descendant of the poet Shakespeare"" on his gravestone in Tewkesbury Abbey Churchyard, Gloucestershire. In her essay ""A Room of One's Own"", Virginia Woolf created a character, ""Judith Shakespeare"", supposed to be Shakespeare's sister. In fact Judith was his daughter. It is unknown whether this was a mistake or a deliberate conflation of the two women. In her story Shakespeare's sister is denied the education of her brother despite her obvious talent as a writer. When her father tries to marry her off, she runs away to join a theatre company but"
"66. His daughter, Lily, married the publisher and philanthropist Sir Bruce Ingram. Sydney Grundy Sydney Grundy (23 March 1848 – 4 July 1914) was an English dramatist. Most of his works were adaptations of European plays, and many became successful enough to tour throughout the English-speaking world. He is, however, perhaps best remembered today as the librettist of several comic operas, notably ""Haddon Hall"". Grundy was born in Manchester, England, the son of Alderman Charles Sydney Grundy. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and studied law at the Middle Temple. He was called to the bar in 1869 and"
"Susanna Centlivre Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667–1670 – 1 December 1723), born Susanna Freeman and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and ""the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century"". Centlivre's ""pieces continued to be acted after the theatre managers had forgotten most of her contemporaries."" During a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn. The main source of information on Centlivre's early life is Giles Jacob, who claimed he had received an account of it directly from her. This"
"died of a fever there contracted."" It is certainly possible he caught a fever after such a meeting, for Shakespeare knew Jonson and Drayton. Of the tributes that started to come from fellow authors, one refers to his relatively early death: ""We wondered, Shakespeare, that thou went'st so soon/From the world's stage to the grave's tiring room."" Shakespeare was survived by his wife Anne and by two daughters, Susanna and Judith. His son Hamnet had died in 1596. His last surviving descendant was his granddaughter Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Susanna and John Hall. There are no direct descendants of the"
"inscription followed which translates as ""Breasts, O mother, milk and life thou didst give. Woe is me – for how great a boon shall I give stones? How much rather would I pray that the good angel should move the stone so that, like Christ's body, thine image might come forth! But my prayers are unavailing. Come quickly, Christ, that my mother, though shut within this tomb may rise again and reach the stars."" The inscription may have been written by John Hall on behalf of his wife, Anne's daughter, Susanna. One of Shakespeare's sonnets, number 145, has been claimed"
"guilty of fathering an illegitimate son by Margaret Wheeler, who had died during childbirth. Thomas was ordered by the church court to do public penance, which would have caused much shame and embarrassment for the Shakespeare family. Shakespeare bequeathed the bulk of his large estate to his elder daughter Susanna under stipulations that she pass it down intact to ""the first son of her body"". The Quineys had three children, all of whom died without marrying. The Halls had one child, Elizabeth, who married twice but died without children in 1670, ending Shakespeare's direct line. Shakespeare's will scarcely mentions his"
"now plays her father-in-law in ""Hollyoaks"". She also had a minor role as a GP in series 4 of the Manchester Drama Cold Feet. In 1987 she appeared in a children's television programme called Jossy's Giants about a fictional youth football team, playing Opal, girlfriend of goalkeeper Harvey. As well as being an actress, Suzanne is a qualified teacher, who teaches media studies at Our Lady and St John's Catholic College and Vocational Sixth Form in Blackburn, Lancashire. Suzanne Hall Suzanne Hall (born 1972 in Australia, but raised in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a British actress and teacher. Before attending"
"to support young Australian performing artists in the UK. She is Vice President of The Theatrical Guild (previously The Theatrical Ladies Guild) having previously been Chairman and being involved in the charity for many years. Joanna McCallum Joanna McCallum (born 27 June 1950) is an English theatre, film and television actress. She is the daughter of English actress Googie Withers and Australian actor John McCallum. She has worked extensively in the theatre where her acting credits include playing Gertrude in ""Hamlet"" at the reconstructed Globe Theatre on London's South Bank. McCallum played writer Winifred Holtby in the last episode of"
"She died in 1922 at her home in Nottingham, aged 86. Kate Saville Kate Saville (1835/1836 – 7 May 1922) was an English actress. She played leading roles in original productions of many plays in the 1860s. Kate Saville was a daughter of John Faucit Saville, an actor and playwright, and sister of the actress Helena Faucit. She first appeared on the London stage in September 1859, in ""Ivy Hall"", adapted by John Oxenford from ""Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre"" by Octave Feuillet. In January 1860 she appeared in original productions staged by Madame Céleste, manager of the Lyceum"