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
Annabel Arden In addition, for the English National Opera, she has directed "The Rake’s Progress". At Glyndebourne Festival Opera, she has directed Puccini’s "Gianni Schicchi", Rachmaninov’s "The Miserly Knight," Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore".and Rossini's The Barber of Seville. As well as acting and directing for Théâtre de Complicité, Arden has also worked with plays at the National Theatre, the Arcola, the Royal Court as well as for BBC Radio. Arden was married to playwright Stephen Jeffreys, until his death on 17 September 2018. Awards Annabel Arden Annabel Arden (born 11 November 1959) is a British actress, theatre and opera director, and one of