William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

male, deceased (1616)
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
Peter Hall

Peter Hall

male, 79 years old
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall CBE (born 22 November, 1930) is an English theatre and film director. He was born in Bury St. Edmunds, in...
Raphael Holinshed

Raphael Holinshed

male
Raphael Holinshed (died c. 1580) was an English chronicler, whose work, commonly known as "Holinshed's Chronicles", was one of the major sources...
Cunobelinus

Cunobelinus

male
Cunobelinus (late 1st century BC - 40s AD) was a historical king in pre-Roman Britain, known from passing mentions by classical historians...
Bartlett Sher

Bartlett Sher

male
Bartlett Sher most recently directed the world premiere of "Singing Forest" by "Craig Lucas" at Intiman Playhouse; "The Light in the Piazza" by...

Richard Johnson

male, 82 years old
Richard Johnson (born July 30, 1927 in Upminster) is an English actor, writer and producer, who starred in several British films of the 1960s and...
Mary Zimmerman

Mary Zimmerman

female
Mary Zimmerman is a member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company and is an Artistic Associate of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She...

Edward Dowden

male, deceased (1913)
Edward Dowden, "History of French Literature" (1897), "Puritan and Anglican" (1900), "Robert Browning" (1904) and "Michel de Montaigne" (1905). His...
Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis

male, 38 years old
Damian Lewis (born 11 February, 1971) is an English actor, born in St John's Wood, London. Lewis, whose family is from Wales, was educated at Eton...

Caroline Spurgeon

female, deceased (1942)
Caroline Spurgeon (b. 24 October 1869, India - d. 24 October 1942, Tucson, Arizona) was an English literary critic. She was educated at Cheltenham,...