Shakespeare under two Elizabeths.(Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II, queens of England)(William Shakespeare)(English theater)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Berry, Ralph | Copyright information

SHAKESPEARE did well under the first Elizabeth and is thriving--if with a few heart tremors--under the second. It's a complex story, but there are deep patterns and continuities in the two reigns.

Elizabeth I was a patron. It is said that she 'loved theatricals but hated paying for them'. It was the duty of her noble hosts to lay on entertainments as she went about the country. Hence the most plausible of all the direct connections between the Queen and Shakespeare is th...

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