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