Edward Arden of Mary Arden, mother of William Shakespeare. He was the head of a Warwickshire family; his father William died in 1545, and Edward succeeded his grandfather Thomas Arden in 1563. He kept to the old faith and maintained in his home, Park Hall at Castle Bromwich, a priest named Hall, in the disguise of a gardener. This priest influenced John Somerville, Edward Arden's son-in-law, who had had indirect contact with Mary Queen of Scots (she had visited Coventry in 1569). Somerville talked of shooting the Queen of England, and set out for London. He was arrested, put to the rack,
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