![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anne leaves and returns to Stratford, but Will’s love for her proves to be an abiding one. Shakespeare’s love affair with the Earl of Southampton is a blow to Anne, but it is his obsession with a woman-the mysterious “Dark Lady of the Sonnets” that threatens to destroy their marriage. Their marriage suffers its ups and downs due Shakespeare’s philandering. Shakespeare achieves enough success so that Anne and the children are able to join him in London and she is involved in the world of actors as well as spies and political intrigue. Anne pushes her husband to go to London to pursue his dreams, knowing that is the only way to keep his love. After several years and the birth of three children, they are still living in a room in Will’s parents’ house, and their relationship shows the strain. The couple agree that they will be partners and friends, a true marriage, even if it seems to lack passion. His dreams must be put on hold as he marries a pregnant Anne. She is a handsome, intelligent countrywoman to whom the young Shakespeare reads his poems and confides his dream of going to London and working in the theatre. The Anne Hathaway here is far from the carping, illiterate farmer’s daughter so often depicted. It is the story of his loves, and, more particularly, of his marriage to Anne Hathaway. The author gathers the few known facts about Shakespeare to fashion a literate and entertaining story of his life from an 18-year-old glover’s son to an acclaimed playwright and poet. ![]()
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