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...sometimes listed with a "shafte" rather than a "speare." As for young William himself, he was known only to have been a member of the Earl of Derby's players later in life. But some of those players had apparently come from the household of one Sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufford, who was not only related to Thomas Savage, one of Shakespeare's Globe Theater partners, but also to Sir Alexander Houghton, Shakeshafte's patron. In his will, Keen found, Houghton had recommended his players to Hesketh, and from there, the link to the Earl of Derby...
...Jack Hesketh's words at Jimmy Alcock's funeral [TIME, Jan. 4]. They should be en grossed on deathless parchment, and a framed copy presented to every legislator and judge in the land...
...This thing should not have happened." cried the Rev. Jack Hesketh, the local vicar, at Jimmy's funeral. "We are living in an age that has seen the swing of the pendulum of trade unionism. It was formulated originally to claim for man the right to live according to his principles, the right to bargain for his labor. Men fought, and some died for that. Trade unionism today is the very antithesis of that attitude. Now men have not got the right to think or act according to their principles. Perhaps Alcock has died to call our attention...
...Whistler, by Hesketh Pearson. A brisk, anecdotal portrait of the 19th century painter and eccentric (TIME, March...
...Whistler, by Hesketh Pearson. A brisk, anecdotal portrait of the 19th century painter and eccentric (TIME, March...