Shakespeare enters, quill in hand, speaking directly to the gathered company.Good gentles all, lend me your quiet breath,For now I bring a tale from furthest sands,Where Samarkand, that jewel of the East,Stands trembling at the mirror of her soul.Here walks a man who keeps both night and dawnWithin his eyes, and with his hand makes lionsOf mere dust—yet is no … [Read more...] about The Sorcerer of Samarkand: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play
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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