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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 ...
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.
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]
Edward IV had many mistresses, the best known of them being Jane Shore, and he did not have a reputation for fidelity. His marriage to the widowed Elizabeth Woodville took place secretly and, though there is no documentary evidence of the date, it is traditionally said to have taken place at her family home in Northamptonshire on 1 May 1464. [ 8 ]
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]
Jane Seymour has a new man in her life. ... She told The Daily Mail, "He was my husband and business manager so, of course, I trusted him. But he had invested in all kinds of business transactions ...
The central character in the play is Jane Shore, the king's mistress. The historical events of the reign of Edward IV form a background, involving "the bastard Faulconbridge," the "Tanner of Tamworth," and other figures of the era. The play draws material from the 1587 edition of Holinshed's Chronicles. [3]
In October 2017, after California woman – and avid swimmer and snorkeler – Nancy Peacock died while snorkeling in calm waters off the coast of Hawaii Island in a full-face mask and no signs of ...