![]() ![]() It is likely Anne had no formal education, which was the case with most young women during this era, and she may or may not have learned to read. There are achingly few mentions by their contemporaries, critics, other playwrights, friends or relatives. The reason? We have almost no intimate information about them: no diaries, no log of William’s comings and goings, no references to any of Anne’s activities, no letters between them, no letters to or from anyone else, no famous lines written on the backs of receipts. The farmhouse is now called Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.Īt a personal level, these two remain the most mysterious couple in the world of sixteenth century celebrities. Anne’s stepmother Joan continued to live in the farmhouse with her family. ![]() ![]() After the wedding, it is assumed the newly married couple moved in with John Shakespeare’s family on Henley Street. ![]() Her father Richard had remarried, but alas, he died just a year before the wedding. Her mother had passed away when she was a child. She had a younger brother, Bartholomew, who would one day become a respected farmer. The Hathaway house on Hewland’s Farm, now known as Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.Īs for Anne, she was a farm girl from Shottery, a village within easy walking distance of Stratford. ![]()
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