Shakespeare:Enter Shakespeare himself, quill in hand, addressing the audience directly. A hush falls across the hall.ShakespeareGood gentles all, whose ears and hearts are kind,I pray you lend your patience to a taleOf crown and heart, of passion’s reckless fire,That burneth brighter than the frost of law.Here stands a queen—a woman first, then crown’d—Who loved … [Read more...] about The Queen of Scots: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play
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The Philosopher King: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play
PrologueEnter Chorus, robed, scroll in hand.ChorusHere Rome is shown, not in her marble pride,but weary, fracturing, winter-bound.A crown of laurel on a scholar’s brow—too heavy for one head, too light to save a world.See Marcus, emperor in name, philosopher in truth;Cassius, soldier with cunning as his creed;Faustina, wife who would be love’s bold trumpet;and a … [Read more...] about The Philosopher King: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play
The Conqueror of Constantinople: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play
Prologue Chorus enters.From East to West the world’s great empires gaze,Where Bosporus divides both night and day;Byzantium, crown’d in ancient, golden rays,Now starves within her walls, her strength decay’d.A Sultan young, with thunder at his back,Would clasp this bride, or break her stone to dust;An Emperor old, though weary, shall not slack,Yet honor … [Read more...] about The Conqueror of Constantinople: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play