Shed Sheds", which argues that a "place of retreat" is a "male necessity" which provides men with solace, especially during their retirement. In contrast, in the novel "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons, Aunt Ada Doom saw "something nasty in the woodshed" and retreated to her bed for half a century. To woodshed, or 'shed, in jazz jargon, is "to shut oneself up, away from the world, and practice long and hard, as in 'going to the woodshed'." The word is recorded in English since 1481, as "shadde", possibly a variant of shade. The word shade comes from the Old English
Ada Dyas 1892 she played Goneril in Sir Henry Irving's revival of "King Lear" at the London Lyceum. Her performance in "The Shaughraun" is mentioned in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence". Ada Dyas died in Seaton, England in 1908. Ada Dyas Ada Dyas (1843-1908) was an Irish actress. She made her London debut in 1861 in "Henry IV", and became famous in the 1871 play based on Wilkie Collins's novel "The Woman in White". Ada Dyas was the daughter of Mrs. Edward Dyas, "an actress of some ability attached to the London theatres". Ada made her London debut in