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Married to William Shakespeare, the English poet, playwright and actor. 18 and she was 26 years old. Wikipedia

English actor, theatre director, and playwright. The first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. Wikipedia

English actor and stage director. A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. Wikipedia

English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Modern scholars count Marlowe among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights; based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, they consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death. Wikipedia

English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. Wikipedia

English actress. She made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Wikipedia