Tag: British

Rosamund Clifford

(c.1140-c.1176) called “The Fair Rosamund” or “Rose of the World” Rosa mundi rose. Rosamund in Art: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund Probably 1901–1902 De Morgan Collection     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund 1861 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…

Hannah New

(1984) Filmography as Actress: El tiempo entre costuras 2013–2014 Director: Iñaki Mercero & others Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Raúl Arévalo   Born May 13 1984 Balham, London (England) Occupation Actress Model

Thomas Middleton

(1580–1627) Works: • The Revenger’s Tragedy (1606) Baptized April 18 1580 London (England) Died July 4 1627 Newington Butts, London (England) Occupation Playwright Poet Writer

Thomas Dekker

(c.1572-c.1632) Works: • The Noble Spanish Soldier (English) • Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet (English) • Thomas Dekker Edited (English)   Born c.1572 London (England) Died August 25 c.1632 London (England) Occupation Playwright Writer

Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban

(1561–1626) Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban also known as Lord Verulam Works: • Bacon’s Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients (English) • Filosofiset mietelmät (Finnish) • Novum Organum (English) • Of Gardens (English) • The Advancement of Learning…

Ben Jonson

(1572–1637) Benjamin Jonson Works: • A Tale of a Tub (English) • Bartholomew Fair (1614) • Cynthia’s Revels (English) • Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems (English) • Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman (English) • Every Man…

John Webster

(c.1580-c.1632) Works: • The Duchess of Malfi (English) • Webster & Tourneur (English) • The White Devil (English) Webster in Film: Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes   Born c.1580 London (England) Died c.1632 London (England) Occupation Actor Playwright…

Christopher Marlowe

(1564–1593) Works: • Accurs’d be he that first invented war! (English) • Edward the Second (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (Latin) • I Must Have Wanton Poets (English) •…

David Garrick

(1717–1779) Garrick in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1760–1761 Private Collection     Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) David Garrick 1770 National Portrait Gallery, London   Born February 19 1717 Hereford (England) Died January 20 1779 London (England) Occupation Actor…

Sir Walter Scott

(1771–1832) Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot Works: • Guy Mannering (English) • Ivanhoe (English) • Kenilworth (English) • Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (English) • Marmion (English) • Old Mortality (English) • Quentin Durward (English) • Rob Roy…