Arden Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare The Arden Shakespeare is a long-running series of scholarly editions of the works of William Shakespeare. It presents fully edited modern-spelling editions of the plays and poems, with lengthy introductions and full commentaries. There have been three distinct series of the Arden Shakespeare over the past century, and the third series has not yet been completed. Arden was the maiden name of Shakespeare's mother, Mary, but the primary reference of the enterprise's title is named after the Forest of Arden, in which Shakespeare's "As You Like It" is set. The first series was published by Methuen. Its first
Jane Arden (actress) title role on several occasions when Vanessa Redgrave was indisposed - in the West End and in Washington DC. Arden's television credits include "Lost Empires" with Colin Firth and Laurence Olivier, "The Strauss Dynasty" a biography of Johann Strauss with John Gielgud, and Edward Fox and she played Mary Ellen in the Catherine Cookson's series "A Dinner of Herbs". In 2009 Jane started her own theatre company; British Actors Group touring dinner theatre and bespoke productions. The company is going to the Middle and Far East this Autumn. Jane Arden (actress) Jane Arden (fl. since 1980s) is an English actress.