5/7/2023 0 Comments Shakespeare by michael wood![]() ![]() But what makes Mary’s life especially fascinating is that one of her sons was William Shakespeare.” ![]() Mary had eight children, three of whom died young, and went through many family disasters and tragedies. Mary Arden was “the daughter of a 100-acre farmer in a small village in Warwickshire. ![]() To complement these programmes about “the glittering –though at times terrifying- world of the Tudor court” a new documentary on more ordinary people is being shown on BBC4 on Thursday 12 February: it “tells the story of a woman touched by new opportunities in society, work and education, in a century that saw the birth of England’s cultural and economic greatness.” Made by renowned TV historian Michael Wood it’s entitled Mary Arden: a Tudor Life. The BBC’s serialisation of Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is proving grippingly good. ![]()
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