In his will her brother left her a legacy of £20, some clothing and the right to live in the western part of the double family house on Henley Street in Stratford for a nominal yearly rent of one shilling.
John Hart (1755–1800) was identified as "the 6th descendant of the poet Shakespeare" on his gravestone in Tewkesbury Abbey Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
In her story Shakespeare's sister is denied the education of her brother despite her obvious talent as a writer.
When her father tries to marry her off, she runs away to join a theatre company but is ultimately rejected because of her sex.
[5] A teenage Joan appears in Laurie Lawlor's novel The Two Loves of Will Shakespeare (2006), in which she is presented as an aspirant poet who resents the restrictions placed on her as a woman.