Mary Arden's Farm Mary Arden's Farm Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare (née Arden), the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, the term may refer either of two houses. Both are grade I listed and located in the village of Wilmcote, about three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. A house wrongly identified as Mary Arden's (it actually belonged to a neighbour) was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1930 and refurnished in the Tudor style.This timber framed house has been maintained
Mary Chase (playwright) winner Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory"), returning to Broadway after a successful run in the revival of "The Normal Heart" in the summer of 2011. "Harvey" is directed by Scott Ellis and also features Charles Kimbrough (Emmy nominee, "Murphy Brown") in the role of psychiatrist William Chumley and Jessica Hecht ("Dan in Real Life") as sister Veta. "Harvey" was scheduled to run until August 5. Mary Chase (playwright) Mary Coyle Chase (born Mary Agnes McDonough Coyle; 25 February 1906 – 20 October 1981) was an American journalist, playwright and children's novelist, known primarily for writing the Broadway play "Harvey",