1 00:00:00,087 --> 00:00:02,207 _ - I will write 2 00:00:02,209 --> 00:00:04,403 the greatest plays this world has ever seen. 3 00:00:04,405 --> 00:00:07,105 - What the hell has gotten into you? - It is a work day, Thomas. 4 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:08,607 Write a damn play! 5 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:10,108 I came to London to write. 6 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:11,976 For God. 7 00:00:11,978 --> 00:00:15,580 - You do the Devil's bidding! - Leave him! Stop him! 8 00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:17,415 How may I speak with Father Southwell? 9 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:21,618 Evil times allow evil men like Topcliffe to flourish. 10 00:00:21,620 --> 00:00:24,789 I'm working on an enterprise of great import. 11 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:27,893 This is my entreaty to Her Majesty. Keep it safe. 12 00:00:27,895 --> 00:00:29,559 The hard part is finding the hero 13 00:00:29,561 --> 00:00:31,929 - and the quest and the setting. - Steal them. 14 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:33,497 - ...difficult week. - Stop that girl! 15 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:37,935 Did she, um, react to my, um, interest? 16 00:00:46,245 --> 00:00:51,262 - sync and corrections by Zac - - www.addic7ed.com - 17 00:00:54,569 --> 00:00:58,966 _ 18 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:47,538 - Ah, a moment if you will, Will. - You saw my play? 19 00:01:47,540 --> 00:01:51,375 Aye. And I never saw a dog cause so much merriment. 20 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:54,711 But I thought little of those two sighing lack-galls. 21 00:01:54,713 --> 00:01:56,815 - You didn't like the lovers? - You've met my son, Owen. 22 00:01:56,817 --> 00:01:59,649 I've known old women less tedious. 23 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:03,354 Baby. 24 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:37,054 Mmm. Mmm. 25 00:02:37,256 --> 00:02:38,489 What's wrong? 26 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:41,393 Nothing. 27 00:02:41,395 --> 00:02:42,960 Meet me in hell? 28 00:02:42,962 --> 00:02:45,629 And I'll take you to heaven. 29 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:50,634 One hit, and he thinks himself the new Marlowe. 30 00:02:50,636 --> 00:02:53,937 Longevity. That's what you need in this business. 31 00:02:53,939 --> 00:02:56,007 We're the toast of London! 32 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,775 Oh, spare a few shillings 33 00:02:57,777 --> 00:02:59,644 while the sun shines on you, Master William? 34 00:02:59,646 --> 00:03:01,311 I'm momentarily short. 35 00:03:01,313 --> 00:03:04,781 The sparkling fairy's knob in your ear would say otherwise. 36 00:03:04,783 --> 00:03:06,349 Will... 37 00:03:06,351 --> 00:03:08,485 tell me more about this fat knight you're writing me. 38 00:03:08,487 --> 00:03:10,655 Ah, it's a wondrous part. 39 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:12,089 He gets more greatness, 40 00:03:12,091 --> 00:03:13,691 and I'm stuck with the limp-dicked lover. 41 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:15,258 Valentine is a very fine role. 42 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:18,162 - For the likes of Autolycus, perhaps. - Thanks, Richard. 43 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:21,164 Willy Shakeshaft rises while Big Dick falls. 44 00:03:21,166 --> 00:03:24,850 I have a new role to sear thee into the minds of the masses. 45 00:03:24,852 --> 00:03:25,891 - What is it? - Ah... 46 00:03:25,893 --> 00:03:27,371 Weekly plague deaths! Weekly plague deaths! 47 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,373 Ooh! Ooh! How many? 48 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:31,342 - Weekly plague deaths! - I bet 24. 49 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:32,843 - I bet 28. - I bet 20. 50 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:34,145 - Weekly plague deaths! - Damn it! Only 16. 51 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:35,712 Ha ha! 52 00:03:35,714 --> 00:03:39,349 16 poxy deaduns. Pay up, losers! 53 00:03:39,351 --> 00:03:42,853 Will? I need to... 54 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,371 Are the lovers tedious? 55 00:04:01,373 --> 00:04:02,705 What? 56 00:04:02,707 --> 00:04:03,907 Not us. In the play. 57 00:04:03,909 --> 00:04:05,242 Oh, they're fine. 58 00:04:05,244 --> 00:04:07,377 Fine? "Except I be by Silvia in the night", 59 00:04:07,379 --> 00:04:08,912 "there is no music in the nightingale. 60 00:04:08,914 --> 00:04:10,214 "Unless I look on Silvia in the day, 61 00:04:10,216 --> 00:04:12,483 "there is no day for me to look upon. 62 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:13,817 She is my essence." 63 00:04:13,819 --> 00:04:15,486 I wrote that for you. 64 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:16,720 That bit's good. 65 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:21,228 Now shut up and swive me. 66 00:04:28,734 --> 00:04:29,800 Shh, shh. 67 00:04:29,902 --> 00:04:31,201 Shh. Shh. 68 00:04:36,241 --> 00:04:39,210 Imagine the thrill of standing on this stage, 69 00:04:39,212 --> 00:04:42,546 cheered by thousands. 70 00:04:42,548 --> 00:04:45,717 I was hoping to see Alice. 71 00:04:45,719 --> 00:04:48,385 She must have run an errand. 72 00:04:48,387 --> 00:04:53,023 I have a gift for her, a book of poetry. 73 00:04:53,025 --> 00:04:57,527 Outlandish, I know, to put poetry into a... 74 00:04:57,529 --> 00:04:59,130 ...a book. 75 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:03,934 But I'm told it's all the fashion. 76 00:05:03,936 --> 00:05:05,602 Do you think she'll like it? 77 00:05:05,604 --> 00:05:07,638 Oh, she'll be ecstatic. 78 00:05:09,575 --> 00:05:10,941 What in God's name was that? 79 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,277 Ah... they're just the, eh... 80 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,313 ...old bones of the theatre creaking. 81 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:18,950 I recall now that Alice is out collecting alms 82 00:05:18,952 --> 00:05:20,484 for the feast of St. Mark. 83 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:24,388 Perhaps we might visit... tomorrow? 84 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:26,957 Lunch? Mother will be delighted. 85 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:29,994 Alice will be thrilled. 86 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:32,797 You should warn that girl against giving herself too freely. 87 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:34,297 - She'll be worn thin. - Yeah. 88 00:05:40,739 --> 00:05:42,806 What are you doing? 89 00:05:42,808 --> 00:05:44,975 Ah, looking for inspiration. 90 00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:46,576 In hell? 91 00:05:46,578 --> 00:05:50,981 By examining the inner workings of the stage, I hope to... 92 00:05:50,983 --> 00:05:55,856 access my own... machinery. 93 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,263 Mr. Cotton saw the play. 94 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:07,998 Alice was telling me how the two of you worked on it together. 95 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,035 She's an excellent copyist. 96 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:13,638 I have a good hand. Nothing more. 97 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,873 The ideas are all Master Shakespeare's. 98 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:18,842 Your mother's looking for you. 99 00:06:18,844 --> 00:06:21,477 Quickly. It seemed urgent. 100 00:06:21,479 --> 00:06:25,683 I will go, Mr. Cotton. It seems I have outstayed my welcome. 101 00:06:25,685 --> 00:06:29,385 Not possible, Madam. 102 00:06:29,387 --> 00:06:31,356 I was going to ask how the lust goes, 103 00:06:31,358 --> 00:06:33,691 but my question is answered. 104 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:36,292 It burns hot as hell. 105 00:06:36,294 --> 00:06:37,996 I know not of what you speak. 106 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:41,698 Thou art arright, cousin. Lust is no laughing matter. 107 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:45,035 Walk with me. 108 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:47,037 Matthew, how wonderful to share 109 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:51,809 my other passion with you... the art of angling. 110 00:06:51,811 --> 00:06:54,044 One must be perfectly still. 111 00:06:54,046 --> 00:06:56,647 You feel the twitch in the line. 112 00:06:56,649 --> 00:07:01,152 Murmur, "God save the Queen," 113 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:05,422 then strike like the Devil himself. 114 00:07:05,424 --> 00:07:08,224 Feel it. God save the Queen. 115 00:07:20,239 --> 00:07:24,075 Where is Robert Southwell? 116 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:26,510 Somewhere safe, I pray. 117 00:07:26,512 --> 00:07:29,580 Help! Help! 118 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:32,249 Aah! 119 00:07:32,251 --> 00:07:37,054 Your god's magic is a fiction. 120 00:07:37,056 --> 00:07:41,626 Aah! 121 00:07:41,628 --> 00:07:44,294 I am a fisherman 122 00:07:44,296 --> 00:07:47,698 and also a fisher of men. 123 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:51,135 And soon, I will hook 124 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:55,972 the traitorous, murderous Southwell. 125 00:07:59,577 --> 00:08:01,111 God save the Queen. 126 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:14,958 If ye be needed elsewhere, madam, we'll do just as well without you. 127 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,063 If that were true, we wouldn't be missing our most expensive gown. 128 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:21,732 I'd part with me right hand to know what became of that dress. 129 00:08:21,734 --> 00:08:25,169 You'll part with a lot more if another one goes missing. 130 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:28,172 You need help? 131 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:29,640 Where were you? 132 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:32,475 I went for some air. 133 00:08:32,477 --> 00:08:35,146 We are dining with Keenan and his mother tomorrow. 134 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:36,580 - Oh. - Don't look at me like that. 135 00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:38,748 He's a very nice man. And rich. 136 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:40,984 And you are merely a player's daughter. 137 00:08:40,986 --> 00:08:42,253 Thank you, Mother. 138 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:45,189 And despite our momentary success, this theatre barely survives. 139 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:47,490 A match with Keenan would secure all our futures. 140 00:08:47,492 --> 00:08:50,527 And I must be the sacrificial lamb. Hmm? 141 00:08:50,529 --> 00:08:53,864 One luncheon. Is that too much to ask? 142 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:57,600 - You embarrassed me today. - I'll think on it. 143 00:08:57,602 --> 00:08:58,869 Alice. 144 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:01,672 I'll think on it. 145 00:09:03,775 --> 00:09:05,676 I see by your appurtenances 146 00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:08,678 that you're a lover of your own swelling legend. 147 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:11,983 Ah... my name is now somewhat known, 148 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:13,350 amongst lovers of theatre. 149 00:09:13,352 --> 00:09:15,719 You've read my manuscript? 150 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:18,021 I have. 151 00:09:20,025 --> 00:09:21,492 I've not read it. 152 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:23,393 My every moment is stolen by my play. 153 00:09:23,395 --> 00:09:25,729 The violence and torture grow daily. 154 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:27,632 How many more innocents like Baxter must die 155 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:30,133 before you apprehend the urgency of our cause? 156 00:09:30,135 --> 00:09:32,402 I apprehend all too well. 157 00:09:32,404 --> 00:09:35,538 To work with you would bring danger to others. 158 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:37,374 Alice. 159 00:09:37,376 --> 00:09:38,908 And her family, 160 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:43,080 and all those in the theatre who have given me a home. 161 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:46,917 Your play was a very fine comedy. 162 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:48,722 Thank you. 163 00:09:50,255 --> 00:09:53,193 Your writing speaks to the common man. 164 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:56,393 Use it for peace. 165 00:09:56,395 --> 00:09:58,729 Until we have that, all are in danger. 166 00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:04,200 I have written to the Pope himself, 167 00:10:04,202 --> 00:10:07,671 and I'm expecting word at any moment that he has approved our plan 168 00:10:07,673 --> 00:10:10,273 to deliver my manuscript to the Queen. 169 00:10:10,275 --> 00:10:12,909 It must be perfect. 170 00:10:12,911 --> 00:10:14,912 It must penetrate her soul, 171 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:19,917 like a bullet shot from the deadly level of a gun. 172 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:28,425 Together, we could write such a work. 173 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:29,960 Read the manuscript, 174 00:10:29,962 --> 00:10:32,796 then come to 15 Silver Street tomorrow, ready to work. 175 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:38,034 We will bring an end to terror and bloodshed in England. 176 00:10:38,036 --> 00:10:40,771 You have hit your mark. 177 00:11:08,803 --> 00:11:11,638 "In humble supplication to Her Majesty," 178 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,806 "most mighty and most faithful, 179 00:11:13,808 --> 00:11:16,475 "most feared and best beloved..." 180 00:11:16,477 --> 00:11:18,518 A good fisherman 181 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:22,983 only takes what he needs, Mathew. 182 00:11:22,985 --> 00:11:27,487 Give me the information I seek, 183 00:11:27,489 --> 00:11:30,489 and I shall release you. 184 00:11:30,491 --> 00:11:36,029 With hold it, and I shall pluck it out... 185 00:11:37,466 --> 00:11:41,600 bone by bone. 186 00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:58,018 ...Catholics, Protestants alike 187 00:11:58,020 --> 00:12:01,387 should now exist... 188 00:12:01,389 --> 00:12:04,191 in harmony of society. 189 00:12:04,193 --> 00:12:05,392 Ugh. 190 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:10,329 Shit. 191 00:12:13,968 --> 00:12:15,402 And do you still believe that? 192 00:12:15,404 --> 00:12:17,670 You are quite insane, Will Shakespeare. 193 00:12:17,672 --> 00:12:19,372 I'll take you to heaven. 194 00:12:32,886 --> 00:12:35,555 "Alice... 195 00:12:35,557 --> 00:12:39,392 "my love is as a fever, 196 00:12:39,394 --> 00:12:41,094 "longing still, 197 00:12:41,096 --> 00:12:44,696 for that which longer nurseth the disease." 198 00:13:06,587 --> 00:13:10,023 You've been avoiding me. 199 00:13:10,025 --> 00:13:11,523 I was just on my way out. 200 00:13:11,525 --> 00:13:16,883 All of us are on the way out, but only some of us get to be in. 201 00:13:19,601 --> 00:13:21,968 Come with me. We're going to a party. 202 00:13:21,970 --> 00:13:25,071 I'm meeting friends. 203 00:13:25,073 --> 00:13:28,108 Very well then. Bring them if you must. 204 00:13:36,617 --> 00:13:38,084 More befitting your celebrity 205 00:13:38,086 --> 00:13:40,820 than than fly blown tavern you frequent. 206 00:13:40,822 --> 00:13:43,388 Your entourage had better not embarrass me. 207 00:14:31,005 --> 00:14:32,537 This... 208 00:14:34,709 --> 00:14:36,475 is William Shakespeare, 209 00:14:36,477 --> 00:14:38,978 a purveyor of that new style of play, the tragicomedy... 210 00:14:38,980 --> 00:14:43,382 so called because it is almost moving and barely funny. 211 00:14:45,285 --> 00:14:48,354 Actually, I saw your play. It was very entertaining. 212 00:14:48,356 --> 00:14:52,496 Where do all those clever ideas come from? 213 00:14:54,629 --> 00:14:57,196 You'd be amazed where I find inspiration. 214 00:14:57,198 --> 00:14:58,565 He pilfered the story, 215 00:14:58,567 --> 00:15:00,365 which I preferred in its original Spanish. 216 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:03,869 Ooh, los jealousy no es attractivo, Señor! 217 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:12,210 Oh, please, don't tell me thou art a writer. 218 00:15:12,212 --> 00:15:16,383 That face would be wasted backstage. 219 00:15:16,385 --> 00:15:20,152 Oh, he thinks far too much of himself to be a writer. 220 00:15:20,154 --> 00:15:22,556 - I am an actor. - Oh. 221 00:15:22,558 --> 00:15:24,891 Currently starring in "Two Gentlemen of Verona." 222 00:15:24,893 --> 00:15:28,161 Surely Kemp is the star. He's very funny. 223 00:15:28,163 --> 00:15:30,428 - Extremely funny. - Was thou the dog? 224 00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:33,231 I was not the poxy dog. 225 00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:36,235 - Ohh. - Ruff ruff! 226 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:53,253 Is this not the wildest frolic thou has ever seen? 227 00:15:53,255 --> 00:15:55,754 Do you tire of your new friends already? 228 00:15:55,756 --> 00:15:58,925 I thought you'd found a new copyist. 229 00:15:58,927 --> 00:16:02,195 Alice... it's not what you think. 230 00:16:02,197 --> 00:16:04,763 Oh, really? What is it? 231 00:16:04,765 --> 00:16:07,466 Mr. Cotton... 232 00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:09,935 he's somewhat of a wolf in sheep's clothing. 233 00:16:09,937 --> 00:16:12,404 Oh. Rare. 234 00:16:12,406 --> 00:16:16,142 The famously married man is jealous. 235 00:16:16,144 --> 00:16:18,610 Tell me more about these couplings. 236 00:16:18,612 --> 00:16:20,747 Well, my parents have the kind of union 237 00:16:20,749 --> 00:16:21,980 that I wish for. 238 00:16:21,982 --> 00:16:24,115 They don't understand. 239 00:16:24,117 --> 00:16:25,984 How can they? 240 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:29,589 To find greatness, you must travel alone. 241 00:16:29,591 --> 00:16:30,790 Come. 242 00:16:32,593 --> 00:16:34,125 Where? 243 00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:36,662 To the real party. 244 00:16:36,664 --> 00:16:39,132 A little... research. 245 00:16:39,134 --> 00:16:40,599 Excuse me. Evening. 246 00:16:40,601 --> 00:16:43,301 Oh. He's with me. 247 00:16:58,019 --> 00:16:59,918 Alice? 248 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,186 Moll! 249 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:02,988 Where's Will? 250 00:17:02,990 --> 00:17:04,657 He brings us to a party, then dumps us for something better. 251 00:17:04,659 --> 00:17:07,493 Oh, he's a puffed up fool. 252 00:17:07,495 --> 00:17:10,196 Lucky he's married. Removes all temptation. 253 00:17:10,198 --> 00:17:11,865 They can all go and swive themselves. 254 00:17:11,867 --> 00:17:16,936 One day, I'm gonna own that theatre and run it. 255 00:17:16,938 --> 00:17:18,971 Good. 256 00:17:18,973 --> 00:17:21,006 And I'll do the costumes. 257 00:17:21,008 --> 00:17:22,340 Hey, don't think I dress like this 258 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,443 on a servant's wage, do you? 259 00:17:24,445 --> 00:17:26,111 And in honor of that... 260 00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:29,715 ...let's get shit-faced. 261 00:17:34,156 --> 00:17:35,687 Prepare thyself. 262 00:17:35,689 --> 00:17:37,055 For what? 263 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:39,024 The unknowable. 264 00:17:49,639 --> 00:17:52,106 Sir Francis Bacon, our host. 265 00:17:52,108 --> 00:17:54,041 A notorious sodomite. 266 00:17:54,043 --> 00:17:55,809 Sir Francis, 267 00:17:55,811 --> 00:17:59,614 may I introduce London's newest addition to the firmament, 268 00:17:59,616 --> 00:18:01,415 William Shakespeare. 269 00:18:01,417 --> 00:18:02,916 I hear thou art momentarily popular 270 00:18:02,918 --> 00:18:06,221 with those that love nothing but dumb shows and noise. 271 00:18:08,290 --> 00:18:10,924 Meet a real supernova... 272 00:18:10,926 --> 00:18:12,560 Sir Walter Raleigh. 273 00:18:12,562 --> 00:18:16,263 Just circumnavigated the globe in his little wooden boat. 274 00:18:16,265 --> 00:18:19,968 He was telling us of, um... America. 275 00:18:19,970 --> 00:18:22,269 America? 276 00:18:22,271 --> 00:18:23,805 What's it like? 277 00:18:23,807 --> 00:18:27,307 Vast. A brave new world that has such things in it. 278 00:18:27,309 --> 00:18:29,009 A brave new world. 279 00:18:29,011 --> 00:18:31,311 - Are thou a spy? - He is. 280 00:18:31,313 --> 00:18:32,980 A Catholic disciple of Robert Southwell. 281 00:18:32,982 --> 00:18:35,951 - That's why I brought him. - Not something to joke about. 282 00:18:35,953 --> 00:18:38,853 - I'm a writer. - Science? 283 00:18:38,855 --> 00:18:40,989 Theology? History? 284 00:18:40,991 --> 00:18:42,457 Plays. 285 00:18:42,459 --> 00:18:44,625 An exponent of the tragicomedy, so called... 286 00:18:44,627 --> 00:18:47,494 What have you written recently, Kit? 287 00:18:47,496 --> 00:18:51,833 Yes, Marlowe. You seem rather barren of late. 288 00:18:51,835 --> 00:18:54,134 The fault lies in my astrology. 289 00:18:54,636 --> 00:18:58,306 Born under the sign of Pisces, I'm doomed to swim against the stream. 290 00:18:58,308 --> 00:19:01,174 The more my public want me, the less I give them. 291 00:19:01,176 --> 00:19:05,946 Perhaps the fault lies not in your stars but in yourself, 292 00:19:05,948 --> 00:19:08,149 that you are so fishified. 293 00:19:09,719 --> 00:19:14,689 Fishified. Touché, starlet. 294 00:19:14,691 --> 00:19:16,691 I told you he would sing for his supper. 295 00:19:24,733 --> 00:19:26,733 You're making an impact. 296 00:19:31,374 --> 00:19:34,342 Our purpose here tonight 297 00:19:34,344 --> 00:19:37,144 is to access the divine. 298 00:19:41,251 --> 00:19:42,836 The main event. 299 00:19:45,521 --> 00:19:50,024 John Dee, the Queen's chief astrologer and mathematician. 300 00:19:50,026 --> 00:19:51,726 Enjoying yourself so far? 301 00:19:51,728 --> 00:19:53,594 Who says I'm not on the list? Do you know who I am? 302 00:19:53,596 --> 00:19:55,061 Leave it, Richard. 303 00:19:55,063 --> 00:19:57,397 I'm the greatest actor in London. 304 00:20:00,069 --> 00:20:02,036 Thou art no Edward Alleyn. 305 00:20:02,038 --> 00:20:04,771 Nay! I'm Richard bloody Burbage! 306 00:20:04,773 --> 00:20:06,073 I love Ned Alleyn. 307 00:20:06,075 --> 00:20:08,909 Ohh. His Tambourlain swelled my heart. 308 00:20:08,911 --> 00:20:11,546 Can I enter or not? 309 00:20:11,548 --> 00:20:13,413 Piss off. 310 00:20:15,918 --> 00:20:19,953 Let me go, your overgrown swine! 311 00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:36,436 It will help immerse you in the ceremony. 312 00:20:36,438 --> 00:20:39,774 - What is it? - Will you partake or no? 313 00:20:39,776 --> 00:20:44,278 Return to your sidekicks, Shakespeare. 314 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,779 I had mistaken thee for someone better. 315 00:21:10,673 --> 00:21:13,474 There are two worlds... 316 00:21:13,476 --> 00:21:15,008 that which we can see 317 00:21:15,010 --> 00:21:19,013 and another unseen but no less real. 318 00:21:19,015 --> 00:21:23,450 Tonight, we will attempt to access the unseen. 319 00:21:23,452 --> 00:21:26,519 Dee is the most brilliant mind in all Europe. 320 00:21:26,521 --> 00:21:28,154 His private library is larger than that 321 00:21:28,156 --> 00:21:32,026 of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge combined. 322 00:21:32,028 --> 00:21:34,728 He astrologized the defeat of the Spanish Armada. 323 00:21:34,730 --> 00:21:38,999 Some say he actually conjured the storm. 324 00:21:40,502 --> 00:21:42,236 Talk to us, Michael. 325 00:21:43,873 --> 00:21:45,838 Unlock the 49 gates of wisdom... 326 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,741 I wanted to see what a believer like yourself 327 00:21:47,743 --> 00:21:50,745 made of Dee's angels and demons. 328 00:21:50,747 --> 00:21:53,515 and make your plan for us known! 329 00:22:39,961 --> 00:22:44,968 Are there others amongst you who dare to look into the flame? 330 00:22:48,371 --> 00:22:50,040 I will. 331 00:22:52,775 --> 00:22:57,647 That way, greatness lies. 332 00:23:02,917 --> 00:23:06,120 I will also look into the flame. 333 00:23:06,122 --> 00:23:08,055 Archangel Michael, 334 00:23:08,057 --> 00:23:11,324 reveal the mysteries of the unseen world 335 00:23:11,326 --> 00:23:14,295 to these intrepid voyagers. 336 00:23:40,589 --> 00:23:41,988 Can you see something? 337 00:23:44,626 --> 00:23:46,660 He's a spy. He's a spy. 338 00:23:49,499 --> 00:23:51,665 He's a Catholic spy. 339 00:23:51,667 --> 00:23:53,834 - He's a spy. - He's a traitor. 340 00:23:53,836 --> 00:23:56,671 - He's a spy. - He's a spy. 341 00:23:56,673 --> 00:23:58,773 He's a Catholic spy. 342 00:23:58,775 --> 00:24:00,173 - ...spy. - ...spy. 343 00:24:00,175 --> 00:24:03,510 Remember thy true faith, Will. 344 00:24:08,617 --> 00:24:10,651 No. 345 00:24:10,653 --> 00:24:12,619 Leave me. 346 00:24:12,621 --> 00:24:15,823 Leave me! 347 00:24:15,825 --> 00:24:19,360 You will not drag me to hell! 348 00:24:19,362 --> 00:24:21,295 Please no. No. 349 00:24:21,297 --> 00:24:24,664 No. 350 00:24:27,737 --> 00:24:30,703 What did you see? 351 00:24:30,705 --> 00:24:32,507 The lesser of two poets, 352 00:24:32,509 --> 00:24:35,543 and that means he deserved to die for you? 353 00:24:35,545 --> 00:24:37,211 Poor, sweet Alice. 354 00:24:37,213 --> 00:24:38,379 Don't touch her! 355 00:24:38,381 --> 00:24:41,548 For Christ's sake, tell me what you saw. 356 00:24:41,550 --> 00:24:45,318 Heaven, hell, God, the Devil? 357 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,720 Are they real? Huh? 358 00:24:46,722 --> 00:24:47,888 Leave me! 359 00:24:47,890 --> 00:24:50,391 Huh? Are they real?! 360 00:24:54,896 --> 00:24:58,833 I cannot write unless I conquer them all. 361 00:25:14,083 --> 00:25:16,417 William Never-here! 362 00:25:16,419 --> 00:25:18,719 Master Golden Quill! 363 00:25:18,721 --> 00:25:22,092 Too good for his own friends! 364 00:25:25,761 --> 00:25:27,728 My nose! 365 00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:29,563 My nose! 366 00:25:29,565 --> 00:25:31,766 Not my face! My nose! 367 00:26:32,094 --> 00:26:34,328 Will! No! 368 00:26:34,330 --> 00:26:36,663 Are you trying to burn the place down? 369 00:26:39,034 --> 00:26:41,802 What is this? 370 00:26:41,804 --> 00:26:43,269 Don't look at it. 371 00:26:43,271 --> 00:26:45,341 Please, Alice. 372 00:26:51,646 --> 00:26:54,815 There's not much about falconry, 373 00:26:54,817 --> 00:26:56,049 but enough about the One True Faith 374 00:26:56,051 --> 00:26:58,788 to see us all hanged. 375 00:27:05,828 --> 00:27:07,995 Is Mr. Cotton Robert Southwell? 376 00:27:09,632 --> 00:27:11,801 Just answer the question. 377 00:27:14,737 --> 00:27:17,872 Yes. 378 00:27:17,874 --> 00:27:19,039 I was trying to protect you. 379 00:27:19,041 --> 00:27:20,975 By lying to me? 380 00:27:20,977 --> 00:27:24,210 By putting my family at risk even though you swore you would not?! 381 00:27:24,212 --> 00:27:26,212 I should have burnt it sooner. 382 00:27:26,214 --> 00:27:27,715 I kept it only out of obligation. 383 00:27:27,717 --> 00:27:29,181 And that is better, 384 00:27:29,183 --> 00:27:32,753 that you risk our lives through cowardice? 385 00:27:32,755 --> 00:27:36,926 You are a liar and a fraud. 386 00:27:39,929 --> 00:27:41,328 I ignored it 387 00:27:41,330 --> 00:27:42,997 when your hands were stained with Baxter's blood, 388 00:27:42,999 --> 00:27:44,898 but I won't ignore it again, 389 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:48,401 nor waste another second upon you. 390 00:27:48,403 --> 00:27:49,737 I'll stay away from you. 391 00:27:49,739 --> 00:27:52,605 No. You will stay away from all of us! 392 00:27:52,607 --> 00:27:54,875 You make your excuses and leave the theatre, 393 00:27:54,877 --> 00:27:56,376 because if you don't, 394 00:27:56,378 --> 00:27:58,211 I will tell my father and my brother what you are. 395 00:27:58,213 --> 00:28:02,415 And if they don't tear you in two, they'll make sure Topcliffe does. 396 00:28:43,261 --> 00:28:44,893 Awake, duckling? 397 00:28:44,895 --> 00:28:46,929 Aye. 398 00:28:46,931 --> 00:28:49,565 Your mother's gone to see if she can get you 399 00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:51,968 something new to wear to Keenan's. 400 00:28:51,970 --> 00:28:53,935 Oh, she shouldn't be wasting money on dresses. 401 00:28:53,937 --> 00:28:55,438 That's what I said. 402 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:56,971 We could put you in sack cloth. 403 00:28:56,973 --> 00:29:00,108 Any man with eyes would still want you. 404 00:29:00,110 --> 00:29:03,545 Thank you, Pa. 405 00:29:03,547 --> 00:29:06,280 I've a good feeling about today. 406 00:29:16,161 --> 00:29:19,127 Kelly. 407 00:29:25,302 --> 00:29:27,234 Open up, Kelly. 408 00:29:31,442 --> 00:29:34,442 You put on quite the show last night, friend. 409 00:29:34,444 --> 00:29:38,980 Thou wouldst know a good show, Master Marlowe. 410 00:29:38,982 --> 00:29:42,852 We're both proud purveyors of hocus-pocus. 411 00:29:42,854 --> 00:29:45,320 Ask your friend if what he saw was true. 412 00:29:45,322 --> 00:29:47,990 I saw nothing. 413 00:29:47,992 --> 00:29:50,460 You were looking in the wrong place. 414 00:29:50,462 --> 00:29:52,830 And where exactly should I have directed my gaze? 415 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:57,333 In here. 416 00:29:57,335 --> 00:30:00,169 It's a journey few have the stomach for. 417 00:30:00,171 --> 00:30:03,806 You're just another charlatan. 418 00:30:03,808 --> 00:30:07,643 I didn't invite you, Mr. Marlowe. And I'm busy. 419 00:30:07,645 --> 00:30:09,545 Wait. 420 00:30:09,547 --> 00:30:13,382 I have a strong stomach. 421 00:30:13,384 --> 00:30:16,285 If you can turn it, 422 00:30:16,287 --> 00:30:19,020 it will be worth your pain. 423 00:30:20,857 --> 00:30:24,192 I've not read it, nor do I intend to. 424 00:30:24,194 --> 00:30:26,362 I won't take up your cause. 425 00:30:26,364 --> 00:30:27,696 You recall the day when we were hunting... 426 00:30:27,698 --> 00:30:29,365 I will not be sermonized. 427 00:30:29,367 --> 00:30:33,035 And the stag broke your beloved dog's leg. 428 00:30:33,037 --> 00:30:35,203 And the only mercy was death. 429 00:30:35,205 --> 00:30:36,872 You wept and wailed... 430 00:30:36,874 --> 00:30:38,207 I was a boy. 431 00:30:38,209 --> 00:30:39,540 So I had to do it. 432 00:30:39,542 --> 00:30:42,545 I had to wash the blood from my hands, 433 00:30:42,547 --> 00:30:47,316 but I did what was hard for the greater good. 434 00:30:47,318 --> 00:30:50,551 Again, you turn from what is hard. 435 00:30:50,553 --> 00:30:52,887 This is not my fight. 436 00:30:52,889 --> 00:30:55,223 Are you faithless? 437 00:30:55,225 --> 00:30:57,425 I have faith. 438 00:30:57,427 --> 00:30:59,260 They butchered your uncle, 439 00:30:59,262 --> 00:31:01,563 and yet you write frippery and pursue of fame 440 00:31:01,565 --> 00:31:05,500 like a rat does a plague cart. 441 00:31:05,502 --> 00:31:07,435 The "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is not the best thing 442 00:31:07,437 --> 00:31:10,605 I will ever write, but Raleigh's first exploration 443 00:31:10,607 --> 00:31:12,340 took him no further than Ireland. 444 00:31:12,342 --> 00:31:13,843 And what is your America? 445 00:31:13,845 --> 00:31:15,743 A more tragically funny comedy? 446 00:31:15,745 --> 00:31:19,580 Plays that will serve as explorations of what is human. 447 00:31:19,582 --> 00:31:21,217 The mind, the soul. 448 00:31:21,219 --> 00:31:25,086 Plays that question how we love and why we fight. 449 00:31:25,088 --> 00:31:29,090 Plays that show us how much and how little we know. 450 00:31:29,092 --> 00:31:30,526 Well... 451 00:31:30,528 --> 00:31:32,528 that is a great comedy from a man who has created 452 00:31:32,530 --> 00:31:37,065 nothing since he came to London bar a whore. 453 00:31:37,067 --> 00:31:39,902 That is what you've created in Alice, is it not? 454 00:31:39,904 --> 00:31:43,438 You took a virtuous girl and you made her a whore. 455 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,607 Speak not to me of Alice. 456 00:31:45,609 --> 00:31:48,242 Go sweat with your whore, playwright. 457 00:31:52,415 --> 00:31:56,421 Thou art full of bitterness and anger, cousin. 458 00:31:59,623 --> 00:32:03,090 And peace has never been born of these things. 459 00:32:46,770 --> 00:32:51,807 "Except I be by Silvia in the night, 460 00:32:51,809 --> 00:32:57,445 "there is no music in the nightingale. 461 00:32:57,447 --> 00:33:02,483 "Unless I look on Silvia in the day, 462 00:33:02,485 --> 00:33:05,186 there is no day for me to look upon." 463 00:33:17,867 --> 00:33:19,537 This... 464 00:33:22,039 --> 00:33:24,405 is my essence. 465 00:33:36,521 --> 00:33:38,886 You told her to be here when I returned? 466 00:33:38,888 --> 00:33:40,256 I did. 467 00:33:40,258 --> 00:33:43,525 I fear she will end up ruined before we can marry her off. 468 00:33:45,229 --> 00:33:48,430 Then we had better marry me off quickly. 469 00:33:48,432 --> 00:33:49,865 But I'll not wear that. 470 00:33:49,867 --> 00:33:52,534 Keenan can take me as I am or not at all. 471 00:33:52,536 --> 00:33:53,867 Then you'll take him? 472 00:33:53,869 --> 00:33:55,270 If he'll help with the theatre 473 00:33:55,272 --> 00:33:56,938 and doesn't stand in the way of me being there. 474 00:33:56,940 --> 00:33:58,339 He won't. 475 00:33:58,341 --> 00:34:00,741 He's a good man, Alice. 476 00:34:00,743 --> 00:34:02,910 He's rich and stinks of beer, 477 00:34:02,912 --> 00:34:06,050 but the next might stink of fish. 478 00:34:06,785 --> 00:34:11,321 You would give your life to a man who would kill our anointed queen. 479 00:34:11,323 --> 00:34:14,491 Southwell fights only for peace and the right to worship. 480 00:34:14,493 --> 00:34:18,995 Worship? Spain is Catholic! France is Catholic! 481 00:34:18,997 --> 00:34:20,864 Rome is Catholic! 482 00:34:20,866 --> 00:34:24,368 Southwell and his minions are a Trojan Horse 483 00:34:24,370 --> 00:34:26,670 for which the axis of evil will emerge 484 00:34:26,672 --> 00:34:28,672 to slaughter our gracious queen 485 00:34:28,674 --> 00:34:30,540 and every trueblooded Englishman! 486 00:34:30,542 --> 00:34:32,609 I will pray for your soul, Richard. 487 00:34:32,611 --> 00:34:37,013 I beseech thee, do not throw thy life away 488 00:34:37,015 --> 00:34:38,315 on a doomed cause. 489 00:34:38,317 --> 00:34:41,118 Doomed? 490 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,120 We cannot be defeated. 491 00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:46,857 Father Southwell's words will march like an army in ink. 492 00:34:46,859 --> 00:34:49,861 As we speak, he works on a manuscript, 493 00:34:49,863 --> 00:34:53,196 which will be a call to arms for sleeping Catholics everywhere. 494 00:34:53,198 --> 00:34:57,033 A call to arms? You have seen this manuscript? 495 00:34:57,035 --> 00:34:58,402 "Avaunt, o viper." 496 00:34:58,404 --> 00:35:01,004 - Have you seen the manuscript? - "I, thy spite defy." 497 00:35:01,006 --> 00:35:02,540 Enough. 498 00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:06,302 - "There is a god that overrules..." - Enough! Enough! Halt! 499 00:35:06,337 --> 00:35:08,878 "and shorten or prolong our brittle course." 500 00:35:08,913 --> 00:35:12,583 I on His mercy, not thy might, rely, 501 00:35:12,585 --> 00:35:13,850 "for Him, I live, 502 00:35:13,852 --> 00:35:16,654 and for Him, I hope to die!" 503 00:35:41,013 --> 00:35:42,614 Sir? 504 00:35:45,750 --> 00:35:48,555 He was a choirister. 505 00:35:49,922 --> 00:35:52,690 I remember him at church a Sunday, 506 00:35:52,692 --> 00:35:58,429 his voice so pure... like an angel. 507 00:35:58,431 --> 00:36:01,098 I failed him. 508 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:03,933 I failed to make him see the truth. 509 00:36:03,935 --> 00:36:08,538 Southwell has killed another man today, 510 00:36:08,540 --> 00:36:10,207 a good man. 511 00:36:10,209 --> 00:36:14,411 He killed him with words more deadly than any sword. 512 00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:18,302 Writers... 513 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:26,206 writers are the new serpent in the garden. 514 00:36:35,301 --> 00:36:38,301 Count to three. 515 00:36:38,303 --> 00:36:40,636 One... 516 00:36:40,638 --> 00:36:42,140 two... 517 00:36:42,142 --> 00:36:44,074 Ow! You witch! 518 00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:45,743 It will heal more regular now. 519 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:47,111 It will never be regular again. 520 00:36:47,113 --> 00:36:49,346 Well, maybe not completely. 521 00:36:49,348 --> 00:36:50,980 Ohh. 522 00:36:50,982 --> 00:36:53,650 I used to look into the mirror and feel joy. 523 00:36:53,652 --> 00:36:58,288 Forthwith, I will only feel disappointment. 524 00:36:58,290 --> 00:37:00,491 Now I know how the rest of you feel. 525 00:37:01,995 --> 00:37:03,761 It's Will. Can I come in? 526 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:06,163 Be gone, Shakespeare, you cur! 527 00:37:06,165 --> 00:37:07,330 He's your friend. 528 00:37:07,332 --> 00:37:09,667 He is the vile destroyer of my face! 529 00:37:09,669 --> 00:37:11,335 Come in, Will. 530 00:37:13,272 --> 00:37:16,306 I'll leave you to it. 531 00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:20,143 I've come to say sorry. 532 00:37:20,145 --> 00:37:21,879 Go on then. 533 00:37:21,881 --> 00:37:23,848 I was as high as a hawk on some drug. 534 00:37:23,850 --> 00:37:25,716 Which thou did not share 535 00:37:25,718 --> 00:37:28,284 because thou was off at the proper party. 536 00:37:28,286 --> 00:37:29,687 Twas not the proper party 537 00:37:29,689 --> 00:37:33,524 but a group of old men talking about angels. 538 00:37:33,526 --> 00:37:35,326 Really? 539 00:37:35,328 --> 00:37:37,361 - No maidens? - None. 540 00:37:37,363 --> 00:37:40,029 Sodomites. 541 00:37:41,366 --> 00:37:43,833 All I had was my face. Now I don't even have that. 542 00:37:43,835 --> 00:37:45,801 You're an actor, not an ornament. 543 00:37:45,803 --> 00:37:47,404 And a great actor, too. 544 00:37:47,406 --> 00:37:49,906 If you really thought that, you'd write me a great role. 545 00:37:49,908 --> 00:37:53,210 I spent the whole morning coming up with one, 546 00:37:53,212 --> 00:37:54,710 and I have it. 547 00:37:54,712 --> 00:37:55,980 Thou hast? 548 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:58,382 Completely original idea. 549 00:37:58,384 --> 00:38:00,049 Do I get to play a king? 550 00:38:00,051 --> 00:38:02,518 Yes. Oberon. 551 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,054 Oberon. 552 00:38:04,056 --> 00:38:05,823 King of... 553 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:08,591 the fairies. 554 00:38:08,593 --> 00:38:11,228 King of the fairies? 555 00:38:11,230 --> 00:38:13,996 It's a tale of drugs and magic. 556 00:38:13,998 --> 00:38:15,699 The fairy king is fighting with the fairy queen 557 00:38:15,701 --> 00:38:17,167 over a little changeling boy. 558 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:20,437 What?! Well, that sounds very effeminate. 559 00:38:20,439 --> 00:38:22,239 I don't want to play a fairy king. 560 00:38:22,241 --> 00:38:25,107 Tis not easy coming up with parts! 561 00:38:25,109 --> 00:38:26,743 Yes, it is! 562 00:38:26,745 --> 00:38:29,748 Moron. 563 00:38:31,084 --> 00:38:34,752 "Holinshed's Chronicles" of England, Ireland, and Wales. 564 00:38:34,754 --> 00:38:36,254 It's full of them. 565 00:38:36,256 --> 00:38:38,087 There's a part I particularly like... 566 00:38:38,089 --> 00:38:41,792 a duke who must play kingmaker. 567 00:38:45,464 --> 00:38:46,797 You think I'm an idiot. 568 00:38:46,799 --> 00:38:48,232 No. 569 00:38:48,234 --> 00:38:49,799 I based the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" on a story 570 00:38:49,801 --> 00:38:52,368 because I had no time. 571 00:38:52,370 --> 00:38:54,737 From now on, I want the ideas to be all my own. 572 00:38:54,739 --> 00:38:58,442 Ideas like King of the Fairies? 573 00:38:58,444 --> 00:39:01,444 I think you need the book. 574 00:39:01,446 --> 00:39:03,281 Show me your story. 575 00:39:03,283 --> 00:39:06,449 Henry VI. It's a very good story. 576 00:39:06,451 --> 00:39:08,618 The English and the French go to war. 577 00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:09,920 It's been done. 578 00:39:09,922 --> 00:39:13,723 It's 1589, Will. Everything's been done. 579 00:39:13,725 --> 00:39:16,493 It's how you do it that counts. 580 00:39:16,495 --> 00:39:19,395 The king is weak, and the duke must save his kingdom. 581 00:39:19,397 --> 00:39:21,632 It's great. 582 00:39:21,634 --> 00:39:24,634 Mm, it has potential. 583 00:39:24,636 --> 00:39:27,170 I knew it! 584 00:39:27,172 --> 00:39:30,940 But only with the right man to make it great. 585 00:39:30,942 --> 00:39:32,743 I'll ask Edward Alleyn. 586 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:37,147 Swive thee. 587 00:39:37,149 --> 00:39:38,815 How is your sister today? 588 00:39:38,817 --> 00:39:41,784 - She is well. - She is? 589 00:39:41,786 --> 00:39:44,820 She has agreed to marry the beer man. 590 00:39:46,257 --> 00:39:48,759 My parents have taken her to do the deal. 591 00:39:56,669 --> 00:39:58,536 Whoa! 592 00:39:58,538 --> 00:40:01,538 - Oh! - Aah! 593 00:40:11,549 --> 00:40:14,850 You look lovely today, Alice. 594 00:40:14,852 --> 00:40:19,355 Not dressed too fancy like some girls, but simple. 595 00:40:19,357 --> 00:40:20,690 And pretty. 596 00:40:20,692 --> 00:40:22,792 She's perfect! 597 00:40:22,794 --> 00:40:25,196 You don't want a beautiful one, Keenan. 598 00:40:25,198 --> 00:40:27,196 They can't keep their legs shut! 599 00:40:38,343 --> 00:40:42,812 It must be a daunting prospect, getting a new family. 600 00:40:42,814 --> 00:40:44,882 Not if I also get to keep my old family. 601 00:40:44,884 --> 00:40:46,549 Of course. 602 00:40:46,551 --> 00:40:49,920 My family is a large one, full of players and writers. 603 00:40:49,922 --> 00:40:52,054 She mumbles her words! 604 00:40:52,056 --> 00:40:54,692 She's saying that she won't be shut up indoors 605 00:40:54,694 --> 00:40:57,861 after she is married! 606 00:40:59,098 --> 00:41:01,232 Keenan worked hard for what he has. 607 00:41:01,234 --> 00:41:03,734 He doesn't need you giving it away 608 00:41:03,736 --> 00:41:07,373 to every beggar with a tale to tell! 609 00:41:09,875 --> 00:41:14,578 I will not give his money away. 610 00:41:14,580 --> 00:41:16,245 It's rather warm. 611 00:41:16,247 --> 00:41:20,583 Um, if you don't mind, I'll open the window. 612 00:41:20,585 --> 00:41:24,922 Maybe it's your fertile time! 613 00:41:26,625 --> 00:41:29,091 - Lovely sausage. - Thank you. 614 00:41:29,093 --> 00:41:30,426 What are you doing here? 615 00:41:30,428 --> 00:41:32,062 If marrying Keenan will make you happy, 616 00:41:32,064 --> 00:41:33,596 then I wish it for you with all my heart, 617 00:41:33,598 --> 00:41:36,433 but it would kill me deader than stone if you married him 618 00:41:36,435 --> 00:41:39,902 because you thought all men as cowardly and base as I. 619 00:41:39,904 --> 00:41:43,207 Thou wilt get a cold quim 620 00:41:43,209 --> 00:41:46,743 with the wind blowing up your skirt! 621 00:41:46,745 --> 00:41:48,312 You should go. 622 00:41:48,314 --> 00:41:49,779 A frigid fanny! 623 00:41:49,781 --> 00:41:51,281 - There's something else. - What? 624 00:41:51,283 --> 00:41:53,116 I won't stay away from the theatre. 625 00:41:53,118 --> 00:41:56,585 I did see greatness in our stars that night, for all of us. 626 00:41:56,587 --> 00:41:57,821 Oh, shut up! 627 00:41:57,823 --> 00:42:02,125 Odd girl! Muttering like a loon! 628 00:42:02,127 --> 00:42:04,161 I intend to make the theatre thrive 629 00:42:04,163 --> 00:42:06,797 - until you can take it over and run it. - You must go. 630 00:42:48,372 --> 00:42:50,674 Fresh from the censor... a new fellow, 631 00:42:50,676 --> 00:42:54,447 enjoying his first blush of fame. 632 00:42:58,649 --> 00:43:02,320 William Shakespeare? 633 00:43:22,810 --> 00:43:27,348 May the sun shine on three always, Barnaby. 634 00:43:46,533 --> 00:43:49,634 Thou can't have scribed an entire play so soon. 635 00:43:49,636 --> 00:43:51,970 I have the beginnings and I'd value your opinion. 636 00:43:51,972 --> 00:43:53,604 "Henry VI." 637 00:43:53,606 --> 00:43:57,875 A play in which one order falls and another rises. 638 00:43:57,877 --> 00:44:01,180 And great men behave with both virtue and villainy. 639 00:44:01,182 --> 00:44:05,151 Sounds better than fairies. 640 00:44:05,153 --> 00:44:06,884 I hear you're working on something new. 641 00:44:06,886 --> 00:44:09,721 Sister, art thou marrying the beer man? 642 00:44:09,723 --> 00:44:11,355 I haven't decided yet. 643 00:44:11,357 --> 00:44:14,361 Don't take too long. You're not getting any younger. 644 00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:20,698 I thought you might need a copyist. 645 00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:24,136 Thou art so much more than that. 646 00:44:24,138 --> 00:44:26,238 You can read Margaret, 647 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:29,209 a woman who makes her own choices. 648 00:44:34,314 --> 00:44:37,249 What happened to your earring? 649 00:44:37,251 --> 00:44:40,025 - I realized that... - It made you look like a cock? 650 00:44:41,988 --> 00:44:44,355 Aye. 651 00:44:44,357 --> 00:44:46,225 And that an Aladdin's treasure of baubles 652 00:44:46,227 --> 00:44:49,495 could not purchase what I truly desire... 653 00:44:49,497 --> 00:44:55,167 this, our work, and thee. 654 00:44:55,169 --> 00:44:57,837 May we begin?! 655 00:44:57,839 --> 00:44:59,404 Suffolk. 656 00:44:59,406 --> 00:45:03,540 Everyone else, start off stage. 657 00:45:03,542 --> 00:45:06,345 Well, hath your highness seen into this duke. 658 00:45:06,347 --> 00:45:08,913 Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. 659 00:45:08,915 --> 00:45:10,915 He harbors treason. 660 00:45:10,917 --> 00:45:13,417 The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb. 661 00:45:13,419 --> 00:45:16,220 No, no, my... 662 00:45:19,059 --> 00:45:20,758 What do you want? 663 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,562 William Shakespeare. 664 00:45:23,564 --> 00:45:25,897 Just go out the back. Run. 665 00:45:27,700 --> 00:45:30,201 I swore I would never endanger your family again, 666 00:45:30,203 --> 00:45:32,104 and I meant it. 667 00:45:34,107 --> 00:45:36,640 I came here tonight because... 668 00:45:36,642 --> 00:45:39,144 I couldn't bear the thought of all those words 669 00:45:39,146 --> 00:45:42,314 tumbling out like stars from heaven's mouth without me. 670 00:45:42,316 --> 00:45:44,450 If you are not in my world, 671 00:45:44,452 --> 00:45:47,051 who will help me see those stars? 672 00:45:47,053 --> 00:45:49,553 I will be fine. 673 00:45:49,555 --> 00:45:53,058 Us Stratford boys are famously sturdy. 674 00:46:03,069 --> 00:46:06,805 I am William Shakespeare. 675 00:46:06,807 --> 00:46:10,808 Mr. Topcliffe requests an audience. 676 00:46:12,578 --> 00:46:13,845 What for? 677 00:46:13,847 --> 00:46:16,316 When I called it a request, I was being polite. 678 00:46:19,821 --> 00:46:21,787 Peace, Richard. 679 00:46:21,789 --> 00:46:25,290 We can do this the other way, if you prefer. 680 00:46:41,175 --> 00:46:45,442 He'll be fine. You heard him say so. 681 00:46:45,444 --> 00:46:48,448 Writers are persuasive liars. 682 00:46:53,653 --> 00:46:56,689 These insidious peddlers of propaganda 683 00:46:56,691 --> 00:46:59,959 will rot the very fabric of our society. 684 00:46:59,961 --> 00:47:02,192 The Catholics have a particularly skilled deceiver 685 00:47:02,194 --> 00:47:05,462 in Robert Southwell. 686 00:47:05,464 --> 00:47:10,535 Do you not intend to dine, Master Shakespeare? 687 00:47:10,537 --> 00:47:12,571 I have no appetite. 688 00:47:12,573 --> 00:47:17,142 I do not begrudge a man the right to make ends meet. 689 00:47:17,144 --> 00:47:18,843 But theatres? 690 00:47:18,845 --> 00:47:22,680 Theatres are pits of debauchery and sedition. 691 00:47:22,682 --> 00:47:27,551 I would have every last one razed to the ground if I could. 692 00:47:27,553 --> 00:47:30,589 Then praise be that you can't. 693 00:47:30,591 --> 00:47:34,560 I wrote a play myself at the university. 694 00:47:34,562 --> 00:47:38,529 It was very well received... by those who mattered. 695 00:47:38,531 --> 00:47:44,401 The rabble are trickier to please, but I observe you have a gift for it. 696 00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:48,339 The "Two Gentlemen of Verona" 697 00:47:48,341 --> 00:47:50,276 is lauded by lowlifes. 698 00:47:50,278 --> 00:47:53,578 I fear the bar is set too low with that particular work. 699 00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:55,680 No. 700 00:47:55,682 --> 00:47:59,084 It is set just where I need it. 701 00:47:59,086 --> 00:48:04,555 I intend to use you as weaponry in the war against the papacy. 702 00:48:04,557 --> 00:48:09,928 You are going to write me a play, 703 00:48:09,930 --> 00:48:12,263 an anti-Catholic missive to the masses 704 00:48:12,265 --> 00:48:16,100 to counter Southwell's propaganda. 705 00:48:16,102 --> 00:48:17,769 You have a week. 706 00:48:22,577 --> 00:48:27,487 - sync and corrections by Zac - - www.addic7ed.com -