Mary Sidney
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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with E
Portrait of Mary Herbert (née Sidney), by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1590.
The title page of Sidney's The Tragedy of Antony, her interpretation of the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
First page of As You Like It from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays; the first performance of the play may have been at Mary Sidney's house at Wilton
Samuel Daniel
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Samuel Daniel was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet
King James I
Anne of Denmark
Memorial to Samuel Daniel at St George's Church, Beckington in Somerset