Shakespeare's Patrons —— And Other Essays

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ISBN: 9781331296171 出版年：2016 页码：147 Henry Brown Forgotten Books

And though now bent on this high embassy Yet stoop we to take up our cousin's glove. The Queen, we are told, was greatly pleased. The story is obviously absurd and incredible. Elizabeth did not visit the public theatres, and the custom was to sit removed from the stage at both private and also at Court performances, and her majesty, however much She may have estimated plays and players, and Shakespeare in particular, would not thus have forgotten her queenly state and dignity.