Possible Clues:

• Stringed instrument tuned lower than a violin
• 12 6 character abused wants old rocker thrown out
• Girl played in string quartet?
• Stringed instrument smaller than a cello
• Woman — one taking bow?
• Shakespeare heroine; instrument
• Shakespearean protagonist one's played
• Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting
• A flower and a stringed instrument
• 'Twelfth Night' twin