A Shakespeare Timeline: Part 3 (1605-1616) December 26, 1606
First Recorded Performance of King Lear Records show that King
Lear was performed before James I at Whitehall Palace.
Shakespeare's friend and noted fellow actor, Richard Burbage,
was the original Lear. June 5, 1607 Marriage of Shakespeare's
Daughter Susanna to Dr. John Hall Susanna's marriage to the
noted physician must have pleased Shakespeare tremendously, for
Shakespeare appointed John and Susanna executors of his will.
John Hall died in 1635 and Susanna in 1649. May 20, 1608
Registration of Pericles The play was entered in the Stationer's
Register in 1608, but was not published until 1609, when Henry
Gosson printed two Quarto editions. For reasons unknown,
Pericles was not included in the First Folio of 1623. February
21, 1608 The Baptism of Elizabeth Hall Susanna Hall,
Shakespeare's daughter, gave birth to a baby girl eight months
after her wedding to Dr. John Hall. Shakespeare's granddaughter,
Elizabeth, was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in