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A Woman to Know: Susanna Hall

A Woman to Know: Susanna Hall

Witty above her sex, but that's not all. — from Susanna’s epitaph

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Jan 25, 2021
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Witty above her sex, but that's not all. — from Susanna Hall’s epitaph

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Much is known of William Shakespeare’s writing, and much is written of the lives his legendary characters led on the page and on the stage. But comparatively little is known about his family back in Stratford-upon-Avon — and even less about his eldest daug…

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