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The story of Jane Shore's wooing by Edward IV, her influence in court, and her tragic death in the arms of Matthew Shore is the main plot in a play by Thomas Heywood, Edward IV (printed 1600). The play shows her struggling with the morality of accepting the king's offers, using her influence to grant pardons to those wrongfully punished, and ...
More names the "merriest" as Jane Shore, but does not name the others because they were of higher social status ("somewhat greater personages"). It has been speculated that Elizabeth Lucy and Eleanor Talbot were the other two. [15] [16] Her loss of property after the death of her husband may have initiated the affair.
The original cast included Anne Oldfield as Jane Shore, Robert Wilks as Dumont, Colley Cibber as the Duke of Gloucester, Barton Booth as Lord Hastings, Benjamin Husband as Catesby, John Bowman as Sir Richard Radcliff, John Mills as Bellmour and Mary Porter as Alicia. The play was a major success, and was performed eighteen times by mid-March. [2]
Two children, ages 9 and 4, were allegedly abducted after the shooting, but were found safe the next day, following a joint operation between the prosecutor’s office, Ann Arbor police, Michigan ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving the body around for months was granted parole on Thursday, more than a year ...
The ex-husband of Susan Smith, who drowned their two sons in 1994 and is currently serving a life sentence, is speaking out about what he would say to the convicted killer if they came face to face.
A short film by Edwin J. Collins called Jane Shore starred Sybil Thorndike as Jane (1922). Jean Plaidy's romantic novel, The Goldsmith's Wife (1950), is about Jane Shore. She is played by Anne Carroll in Jane Howell's 1983 TV movie version of Richard III. Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett (2008) is about Jane Shore and features her sister as well.
Cecily's husband, a notorious womaniser, shared the same mistress, Jane Shore, with his stepfather, King Edward. [18] [22] When the King died in April 1483, Jane then became the mistress of Cecily's stepfather, Baron Hastings. [23] This new situation only deepened the sour relations between Hastings and Thomas. [18]