Richard Shakespeare Richard Shakespeare Richard Shakespeare (1490 – before 10 February 1561) was a husbandman of Snitterfield, Warwickshire, north-northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, the father of John Shakespeare and the grandfather of William Shakespeare. He was most likely born around the Rowington/Wroxall area, about to the north in Warwickshire. He was the son of John Shakespeare (1460–1521), and the grandson of Thomas Shakespeare (1430–1511), his mother was Joan Shakespeare. Sometime before 1529, he removed to Snitterfield, where he was a tenant farmer until his death on land owned by Robert Arden, the father of Mary Arden, who married John, the poet's father. Richard Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Shakespeare Apocrypha. At the end of the act, the characters realise that they forgot to perform "Coriolanus" which Adam refuses to do due the vulgarity of the title, and "Hamlet", Shakespeare's greatest work. Adam becomes nervous and petulant about performing such a famous and difficult play, so he runs out of the theatre with Austin chasing him. Reed is left alone to improvise acts such as playing the "William Tell" Overture on his larynx and eating fire before calling for intermission. After the intermission, Austin and Adam return, saving Reed from having to cover the sonnets by writing them down