1 00:00:30,431 --> 00:00:33,200 Who will want a play by William Shakespeare? 2 00:00:36,404 --> 00:00:39,606 I can't spend the rest of my life making gloves. 3 00:00:39,607 --> 00:00:42,110 We have three children. 4 00:00:45,146 --> 00:00:47,414 A player is little better than a beggar. 5 00:00:47,415 --> 00:00:50,750 They say in London, people cry the names of players 6 00:00:50,751 --> 00:00:52,486 as if they were kings. 7 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,322 I dream this for us. 8 00:00:55,323 --> 00:00:58,664 No, Will, your dreams are your own. 9 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:00,495 Trust me, Ann. 10 00:01:04,835 --> 00:01:05,836 Da? 11 00:01:05,861 --> 00:01:08,864 Good morrow, Prince Hamnet. 12 00:01:08,994 --> 00:01:11,634 Ma don't tell the stories proper. 13 00:01:12,063 --> 00:01:13,098 Ah. 14 00:01:14,837 --> 00:01:18,102 Then I will leave Queen Mab with thee. 15 00:01:18,103 --> 00:01:19,703 What's she? 16 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:23,008 She is a fairy no bigger than a gnat, 17 00:01:23,218 --> 00:01:26,677 and night by night, she creeps into boys' ears 18 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:29,346 and tells stories of... 19 00:01:29,347 --> 00:01:30,548 what? 20 00:01:31,516 --> 00:01:32,849 Dragons? 21 00:01:32,850 --> 00:01:33,885 Aye. 22 00:01:35,159 --> 00:01:37,561 Dragons. 23 00:01:37,788 --> 00:01:40,691 Can you be satisfied with Mab 'til I return? 24 00:01:42,427 --> 00:01:44,061 Hey. 25 00:01:44,062 --> 00:01:45,296 None of this. 26 00:01:48,350 --> 00:01:49,817 Go on. 27 00:02:07,744 --> 00:02:12,121 One day, I'll buy us the biggest house in Stratford. 28 00:02:12,704 --> 00:02:14,306 I swear it. 29 00:02:28,376 --> 00:02:30,545 I'm to feed them, am I? 30 00:02:35,305 --> 00:02:36,672 I'll send money within the month. 31 00:02:36,673 --> 00:02:39,457 Do. Or I'll turn them into the street. 32 00:02:40,309 --> 00:02:43,949 You must bear this to London... For your cousin Southwell. 33 00:02:44,037 --> 00:02:46,512 Southwell's the most hunted man in England. 34 00:02:46,623 --> 00:02:49,225 Father Southwell's a true Catholic. 35 00:02:49,453 --> 00:02:52,428 Aye, Will, and a true writer. 36 00:02:52,453 --> 00:02:54,670 You'd do well to follow his example. 37 00:02:54,764 --> 00:02:57,139 Put your words to the service of God. 38 00:02:57,212 --> 00:02:59,147 I have no care for politics. 39 00:02:59,295 --> 00:03:02,805 This is no politics... This is your soul! 40 00:03:02,806 --> 00:03:05,574 Never forget what those Protestant devils 41 00:03:05,575 --> 00:03:07,378 did to our family. 42 00:03:07,711 --> 00:03:09,081 Remember, Will. 43 00:03:09,813 --> 00:03:11,215 Remember. 44 00:03:14,948 --> 00:03:18,363 Leave it with John Wilkes at the Cross Keys tavern. 45 00:03:18,388 --> 00:03:21,225 And your rosary. 46 00:03:24,245 --> 00:03:28,815 Better to die righteous than to burn for fear. 47 00:03:49,619 --> 00:03:50,986 Pork here! 48 00:03:50,987 --> 00:03:55,090 ? London calling to the faraway towns ? 49 00:03:55,091 --> 00:03:57,926 Pork here! Pork here! 50 00:03:57,927 --> 00:04:01,430 ? London calling to the underworld ? 51 00:04:01,431 --> 00:04:05,134 ? Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls ? 52 00:04:05,135 --> 00:04:08,671 ? London calling, now, don't look to us ? 53 00:04:08,672 --> 00:04:10,706 - Get out! - Don't! 54 00:04:10,707 --> 00:04:12,441 Hey! Get off me! 55 00:04:12,442 --> 00:04:16,044 ? London calling, see, we ain't got no swing ? 56 00:04:16,045 --> 00:04:17,380 ? Except for the ring ? 57 00:04:17,381 --> 00:04:18,781 Are you trying to steal from me?! 58 00:04:18,782 --> 00:04:20,616 I'll cut your bloody arm off! 59 00:04:20,617 --> 00:04:23,153 Let me go! Let me go! 60 00:04:24,154 --> 00:04:26,021 Piss off, you fat bastard! 61 00:04:26,022 --> 00:04:27,623 Get out, you poxy street rat! 62 00:04:27,624 --> 00:04:29,826 ? I live by the river ? 63 00:04:32,796 --> 00:04:34,130 Ohh! 64 00:04:57,554 --> 00:05:00,389 Guide, sir. New in town? 65 00:05:00,390 --> 00:05:02,325 I-I'll show you all the sights, sir... 66 00:05:02,326 --> 00:05:07,029 Bowling alleys, card dens, pistol shootin'... 67 00:05:07,030 --> 00:05:11,166 Bears ripped apart by wild dogs... 68 00:05:11,167 --> 00:05:13,669 Your horoscope read by a blind virgin! 69 00:05:13,670 --> 00:05:19,007 With Presto as your guide, London's your oyster! 70 00:05:19,008 --> 00:05:22,945 "London's your oyster." 71 00:05:22,946 --> 00:05:25,013 Why did you write my words, sir? 72 00:05:25,014 --> 00:05:26,915 Why, sir? I didn't say no treason. 73 00:05:26,916 --> 00:05:29,885 I hope not... a treasonous oyster will run you through 74 00:05:29,886 --> 00:05:31,687 quicker than a Spanish blade. 75 00:05:31,688 --> 00:05:35,358 Ah. "Treasonous oyster"... That's good, sir. 76 00:05:36,626 --> 00:05:38,794 Are you a poet, sir? 77 00:05:38,795 --> 00:05:41,364 You're a great poet. I can tell. 78 00:05:41,365 --> 00:05:43,566 Perhaps you're in London to make your fortune, sir? 79 00:05:43,567 --> 00:05:46,546 Aye. Which means now, I have none, so farewell. 80 00:05:46,571 --> 00:05:49,039 Sir, I want no money. 81 00:05:49,239 --> 00:05:51,941 It makes me sick to hear you say it. 82 00:05:53,209 --> 00:05:54,777 Where you heading, sir? 83 00:05:54,778 --> 00:05:56,380 No charge. 84 00:05:59,170 --> 00:06:00,403 The theatre...? 85 00:06:00,428 --> 00:06:01,695 You're a theatre poet! 86 00:06:01,985 --> 00:06:03,719 I've hit it, haven't I? 87 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,371 The best theatre in London's right 'ere, sir. 88 00:06:06,396 --> 00:06:07,699 Come on! 89 00:06:08,343 --> 00:06:09,543 Come on, sir. 90 00:06:09,598 --> 00:06:10,598 Where? 91 00:06:10,663 --> 00:06:12,132 Over here. 92 00:06:13,897 --> 00:06:15,097 Come on, sir! 93 00:06:15,098 --> 00:06:16,565 - Right here, sir! - Where is it? 94 00:06:16,566 --> 00:06:17,666 And it's free. 95 00:06:17,667 --> 00:06:20,068 The best theatre in London's right here, sir. 96 00:06:20,069 --> 00:06:21,770 - Hurry! This way! - Almighty Father... 97 00:06:21,771 --> 00:06:22,894 Come on, sir! 98 00:06:22,919 --> 00:06:25,121 ...whose blessed son died 99 00:06:25,342 --> 00:06:27,643 to destroy the works of the devil! 100 00:06:27,644 --> 00:06:28,944 Catholic traitor! 101 00:06:28,945 --> 00:06:31,226 - Catholic dog! - Die, Catholic! 102 00:06:35,852 --> 00:06:37,653 Go to hell, Catholic! 103 00:06:42,592 --> 00:06:45,761 Hang, Catholic scum! 104 00:06:45,762 --> 00:06:47,296 Watch, Will. 105 00:06:47,297 --> 00:06:50,534 Watch these devils murder your uncle. 106 00:06:51,679 --> 00:06:54,114 God have mercy on their souls. 107 00:06:56,306 --> 00:06:59,508 God have mercy on their souls, Will. 108 00:07:07,617 --> 00:07:09,018 Oi! 109 00:08:05,074 --> 00:08:07,343 Kill you! 110 00:08:09,546 --> 00:08:11,014 I'll kill you! 111 00:08:16,753 --> 00:08:18,787 Catholic! Catholic! 112 00:08:18,788 --> 00:08:20,223 Catholic! 113 00:08:35,939 --> 00:08:37,205 O God... 114 00:08:37,206 --> 00:08:38,541 ...who knows us to be 115 00:08:38,542 --> 00:08:42,082 in the midst of so many and great dangers 116 00:08:42,412 --> 00:08:45,213 that by reason of the frailty of our nature, 117 00:08:45,214 --> 00:08:48,417 we cannot always stand upright. 118 00:08:48,418 --> 00:08:51,386 Grant us such strength and protection 119 00:08:51,387 --> 00:08:52,655 as may support us 120 00:08:52,656 --> 00:08:55,891 and carry us through all temptations... 121 00:09:22,569 --> 00:09:26,254 Where is Southwell? 122 00:09:26,255 --> 00:09:28,171 Hail Mary... 123 00:09:28,275 --> 00:09:29,476 Hail Mary full of grace... 124 00:09:29,626 --> 00:09:32,148 Spare me your Popish idolatry. 125 00:09:32,662 --> 00:09:35,499 I believe in the holy Catholic Church. 126 00:09:35,665 --> 00:09:37,281 Yes. 127 00:09:37,433 --> 00:09:42,938 But our gracious queen and all who love her 128 00:09:42,939 --> 00:09:44,807 believe in the one true Protestant faith 129 00:09:44,808 --> 00:09:48,152 and will not rest until we wipe the Catholic filth from England. 130 00:09:49,413 --> 00:09:52,249 You will burn in Hell. 131 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:53,793 Perhaps. 132 00:09:53,950 --> 00:09:57,329 But you will get there sooner. 133 00:09:57,450 --> 00:09:58,478 Hmm? 134 00:09:58,656 --> 00:10:00,523 For the love of thy only son, 135 00:10:00,524 --> 00:10:02,457 our savior, Jesus Christ. 136 00:10:02,458 --> 00:10:03,292 Amen. 137 00:10:10,233 --> 00:10:12,968 ? That's, that's entertainment ? 138 00:10:12,969 --> 00:10:14,302 I'm gonna die! 139 00:10:14,303 --> 00:10:16,972 Be still down there, you hear? It's slipping! 140 00:10:20,744 --> 00:10:23,646 ? A smash of glass and the rumble of boots ? 141 00:10:23,647 --> 00:10:27,482 ? An electric train and a ripped-up phone booth ? 142 00:10:27,483 --> 00:10:30,719 ? Paint-splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat ? 143 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,221 ? Lights going out and a kick in the balls ? 144 00:10:33,222 --> 00:10:37,526 ? I say, that's entertainment ? 145 00:10:37,527 --> 00:10:40,495 ? That's entertainment ? 146 00:10:40,496 --> 00:10:46,835 ? La la la la la, ah ? 147 00:10:46,836 --> 00:10:48,571 ? Days of speed ? 148 00:10:48,572 --> 00:10:50,773 ? And slow-time Mondays ? 149 00:10:50,774 --> 00:10:54,176 ? Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday ? 150 00:10:54,177 --> 00:10:56,111 Sir, a pint for you? Please. Come on. 151 00:10:56,112 --> 00:10:59,181 Thy brow is whiter than a dove, my love. 152 00:11:00,684 --> 00:11:04,186 Brighter than all the stars in the heavens above. 153 00:11:04,187 --> 00:11:05,453 I am a mere maid... 154 00:11:05,454 --> 00:11:06,555 "I am a mere maid." 155 00:11:06,556 --> 00:11:08,223 I am a mere maid, 156 00:11:08,224 --> 00:11:10,791 unused to the ways of men! 157 00:11:10,830 --> 00:11:13,077 Stinking, vile pig's wallow! 158 00:11:13,116 --> 00:11:17,455 This mere mortal is stealing my fair maid! 159 00:11:17,512 --> 00:11:21,725 I shall smite him with a mighty clap from Heaven! 160 00:11:23,607 --> 00:11:25,741 Come away with me, my love! 161 00:11:25,742 --> 00:11:26,742 Boring! 162 00:11:26,743 --> 00:11:28,310 - Away! - Who wrote this? 163 00:11:28,311 --> 00:11:31,113 - Come away with me, my love. - Aaghhh! Rhythm! 164 00:11:31,114 --> 00:11:32,815 Damn you, Richard! Rhythm! 165 00:11:32,816 --> 00:11:34,037 Rhythm!! 166 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:37,602 - Your son is ruining my play! - Who are you? 167 00:11:37,627 --> 00:11:39,061 I'll bloody ruin you! 168 00:11:39,312 --> 00:11:40,574 It's a disaster! 169 00:11:40,614 --> 00:11:42,848 Oh, really? I thought it was going quite well. 170 00:11:42,872 --> 00:11:45,807 I told you to do no more Baxter plays! 171 00:11:45,895 --> 00:11:47,461 Oh, the oracle speaks! 172 00:11:47,486 --> 00:11:48,414 Ohhh! 173 00:11:48,517 --> 00:11:49,684 He's here. 174 00:11:52,435 --> 00:11:54,502 Get off the stage! 175 00:11:54,503 --> 00:11:57,226 Waste of time! 176 00:11:57,344 --> 00:11:58,580 Where is it? 177 00:11:59,809 --> 00:12:01,744 You said it was finished! 178 00:12:01,893 --> 00:12:06,749 I've been far too busy on Her Majesty's secret service 179 00:12:06,750 --> 00:12:07,917 to write. 180 00:12:10,353 --> 00:12:13,251 Kit, please. 181 00:12:13,690 --> 00:12:16,191 I need a Marlowe play. 182 00:12:16,192 --> 00:12:17,761 Obviously. 183 00:12:19,428 --> 00:12:22,364 But the unfortunate truth is, 184 00:12:22,365 --> 00:12:25,462 I am now bound to Henslowe of the Rose. 185 00:12:25,518 --> 00:12:26,518 Bound? 186 00:12:26,519 --> 00:12:28,354 By exclusive contract. 187 00:12:28,705 --> 00:12:30,271 Henslowe pays me not to write. 188 00:12:30,272 --> 00:12:31,539 Not to write?! 189 00:12:31,540 --> 00:12:33,041 It's very New Age. 190 00:12:33,042 --> 00:12:34,577 New Age? 191 00:12:35,912 --> 00:12:38,213 I paid you a fortune. 192 00:12:38,214 --> 00:12:40,548 - But Henslowe... - Stuff Henslowe! 193 00:12:40,765 --> 00:12:44,953 This is the Theatre, and I built it! 194 00:12:45,258 --> 00:12:48,323 Without me, there would be no theatre in England, 195 00:12:48,324 --> 00:12:50,759 and Christopher Marlowe 196 00:12:51,135 --> 00:12:55,430 would be just another arse-swiving nobody. 197 00:12:55,431 --> 00:13:01,549 As I said... An exclusive contract. 198 00:13:05,749 --> 00:13:07,185 We're leaving. 199 00:13:11,447 --> 00:13:13,749 Burbage! 200 00:13:13,750 --> 00:13:16,451 - Lord Hunsdon, leaving so soon? - Burbage! 201 00:13:16,452 --> 00:13:18,419 The Morris dance is yet to come. 202 00:13:19,689 --> 00:13:22,257 Does your husband forget that his license 203 00:13:22,258 --> 00:13:24,259 rests on my patronage? 204 00:13:24,260 --> 00:13:25,761 - Your Lordsh... - Burbage! 205 00:13:25,762 --> 00:13:28,764 Serve me something more appetizing than this excrement, 206 00:13:28,765 --> 00:13:32,467 or I shall find a company more worthy of my name. 207 00:13:32,717 --> 00:13:34,886 Poxy old prick. 208 00:13:39,008 --> 00:13:41,009 Do something! 209 00:13:41,010 --> 00:13:43,111 James, I don't... 210 00:13:43,112 --> 00:13:45,947 I-I-I wa... 211 00:13:52,054 --> 00:13:55,357 Kemp, get out there and calm things down! 212 00:13:56,458 --> 00:13:57,993 What?! 213 00:13:57,994 --> 00:14:01,297 I said get out there and calm things down! 214 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:07,371 Now! Get out there! 215 00:14:07,536 --> 00:14:09,404 Jesus wept. 216 00:14:09,405 --> 00:14:11,139 Yeah, let Kemp do it all. 217 00:14:11,140 --> 00:14:12,674 Can't even get his end away 218 00:14:12,675 --> 00:14:17,312 without being interrupted by some cock-blocking bastard! 219 00:14:21,483 --> 00:14:23,218 We paid for a play! 220 00:14:23,219 --> 00:14:24,419 Oh, this is dumb, eh? 221 00:14:24,420 --> 00:14:25,653 Hey! 222 00:14:25,654 --> 00:14:27,155 Where's the play?! 223 00:14:27,156 --> 00:14:28,523 - This is shit! - Hey! 224 00:14:28,524 --> 00:14:30,992 It's more like tragedy! 225 00:14:30,993 --> 00:14:33,028 Give us a play! 226 00:14:33,029 --> 00:14:34,329 Rubbish! 227 00:14:34,330 --> 00:14:36,865 Yes, you! Now shove off! 228 00:14:49,245 --> 00:14:51,679 ? There's gonna be a new race ? 229 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,782 ? Kids are gonna start it up ? 230 00:14:53,783 --> 00:14:56,517 ? We're all gonna mutate ? 231 00:14:56,518 --> 00:14:59,388 Yeah? 232 00:15:00,422 --> 00:15:02,690 ? Yeah, hup ? 233 00:15:02,691 --> 00:15:05,426 ? Really gonna punch you out ? 234 00:15:05,427 --> 00:15:07,863 ? Yeah, hup ? 235 00:15:07,864 --> 00:15:10,531 ? Really gonna punch you out ? 236 00:15:10,532 --> 00:15:12,868 ? Yeah, hup ? 237 00:15:12,869 --> 00:15:15,236 ? Really gonna punch you out ? 238 00:15:15,237 --> 00:15:17,939 All right! It's on! 239 00:15:17,940 --> 00:15:21,542 ? Really gonna punch you out ? 240 00:15:21,543 --> 00:15:24,045 ? Oh, yeah ? 241 00:15:24,046 --> 00:15:25,381 ? Hey! ? 242 00:15:34,256 --> 00:15:36,657 ? We're sick of waking up late ? 243 00:15:36,658 --> 00:15:38,994 ? We gotta get some control ? 244 00:15:38,995 --> 00:15:42,163 ? The kids are gonna mutate ? 245 00:15:42,164 --> 00:15:43,899 ? From an endless roll ? 246 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:47,102 Friends! Patrons! 247 00:15:47,103 --> 00:15:49,337 Countrymen! 248 00:15:49,338 --> 00:15:52,240 Lend me your ears! 249 00:15:52,241 --> 00:15:53,975 A word! A word! 250 00:15:57,414 --> 00:16:01,182 Tomorrow, there will be a free performance 251 00:16:01,183 --> 00:16:02,650 for one and all. 252 00:16:02,651 --> 00:16:04,019 We don't want this shit again! 253 00:16:04,020 --> 00:16:08,423 No, no! It will be a magnificent new play. 254 00:16:08,424 --> 00:16:10,358 Who's it by? 255 00:16:10,359 --> 00:16:12,193 Ahh... 256 00:16:14,530 --> 00:16:16,097 Let's torch the place! 257 00:16:20,837 --> 00:16:24,539 The great Christopher Marlowe! 258 00:16:24,540 --> 00:16:27,108 "Holler ye pamper'd jades of Asia"? 259 00:16:27,109 --> 00:16:31,379 Ah, yes. "Holler ye pamper'd jades of Asia"! 260 00:16:31,380 --> 00:16:32,547 Ha ha! 261 00:16:32,548 --> 00:16:35,951 But this new play is even greater 262 00:16:35,952 --> 00:16:38,639 than the great "Tamburlaine the Great." 263 00:16:38,708 --> 00:16:40,008 What's it called? 264 00:16:40,322 --> 00:16:41,522 Uhh... 265 00:16:41,523 --> 00:16:44,392 "Tamburlaine... 266 00:16:44,393 --> 00:16:46,227 the Ghost"! 267 00:16:46,228 --> 00:16:48,964 "Tamburlaine the Ghost"! 268 00:16:48,965 --> 00:16:51,366 A ghost? Oh, Marlowe would do that brilliant! 269 00:16:52,835 --> 00:16:57,638 Now, leave us now and come again tomorrow. 270 00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:01,128 And free beer in the courtyard! 271 00:17:04,413 --> 00:17:06,548 Uh, f-for the next half-hour! 272 00:17:34,843 --> 00:17:35,944 What? 273 00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:39,442 I would speak with Master James Burbage? 274 00:17:44,921 --> 00:17:47,022 You're speaking with his son. 275 00:17:47,023 --> 00:17:49,222 I have a letter of introduction 276 00:17:49,269 --> 00:17:50,791 from Master Roland Gibbs, esquire. 277 00:17:50,792 --> 00:17:51,730 Who? 278 00:17:51,755 --> 00:17:53,652 He owned the theatre troupe I played with. 279 00:17:53,777 --> 00:17:55,863 Where did you play? 280 00:17:55,864 --> 00:17:58,303 Warwickshire... mainly. 281 00:17:59,368 --> 00:18:00,936 Warwickshire. 282 00:18:04,273 --> 00:18:05,540 And I've also... 283 00:18:07,276 --> 00:18:08,744 ...written. 284 00:18:16,038 --> 00:18:17,038 Sir! 285 00:18:17,367 --> 00:18:19,703 Prithee, good sir! 286 00:18:20,936 --> 00:18:23,534 Aye, fair maid? 287 00:18:23,715 --> 00:18:26,718 Sorry. I-I thought... 288 00:18:28,668 --> 00:18:31,466 I must speak with Master James Burbage. 289 00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:33,301 Are you a debt collector? 290 00:18:33,302 --> 00:18:36,137 No... I'm an actor. 291 00:18:36,138 --> 00:18:37,338 Worse. 292 00:18:37,659 --> 00:18:40,061 And I have a play. 293 00:18:43,552 --> 00:18:45,246 Of any quality? 294 00:18:45,247 --> 00:18:46,581 Yes. 295 00:18:46,582 --> 00:18:48,117 I think so. 296 00:18:49,898 --> 00:18:51,652 Then declaim. 297 00:18:51,653 --> 00:18:52,920 What? 298 00:18:53,109 --> 00:18:55,756 I would not waste my father's time. 299 00:18:56,124 --> 00:18:57,498 Your father? 300 00:18:57,523 --> 00:18:58,643 Yes. 301 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,471 Begin. 302 00:19:02,298 --> 00:19:03,865 Uh... 303 00:19:10,439 --> 00:19:13,794 "So, John of France..." 304 00:19:14,639 --> 00:19:17,513 had you done at first as now you do, 305 00:19:18,380 --> 00:19:22,947 how many civil towns had stood untouched 306 00:19:23,485 --> 00:19:27,122 that now are turned to ragged heaps of stones? 307 00:19:27,123 --> 00:19:30,931 How many people's lives might'st thou have saved, 308 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:33,729 "that are untimely"... 309 00:19:35,631 --> 00:19:39,380 "...sunk into their graves?" 310 00:19:41,005 --> 00:19:42,028 Sir? 311 00:19:42,318 --> 00:19:44,554 Uh, uh, fair maiden? 312 00:19:59,155 --> 00:20:00,580 Who are you? 313 00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:02,305 No one. 314 00:20:02,344 --> 00:20:03,712 No one? 315 00:20:04,895 --> 00:20:07,797 No one... yet. 316 00:20:07,899 --> 00:20:09,000 Yet? 317 00:20:10,611 --> 00:20:15,216 Seems this no one desires to be someone. 318 00:20:25,081 --> 00:20:26,715 Come in. 319 00:20:36,625 --> 00:20:37,858 But listen! 320 00:20:37,859 --> 00:20:40,928 Tomorrow, the masses will expect 321 00:20:40,929 --> 00:20:43,030 to see Marlowe's newest masterpiece. 322 00:20:43,031 --> 00:20:45,366 Brilliant plan, James! Brilliant! 323 00:20:45,367 --> 00:20:47,135 We're stuffed! 324 00:20:47,136 --> 00:20:48,636 Shut up! 325 00:20:48,637 --> 00:20:50,438 James! 326 00:20:50,439 --> 00:20:51,872 James. 327 00:20:51,873 --> 00:20:53,741 Leave me alone! 328 00:20:53,742 --> 00:20:54,942 All right. 329 00:20:54,943 --> 00:20:56,911 Baxter has written a new play. 330 00:20:58,214 --> 00:21:00,248 Now, we can pass it off as Marlowe's. 331 00:21:00,249 --> 00:21:02,783 No one'll believe his dog's vomit is Marlowe! 332 00:21:02,784 --> 00:21:03,984 How dare you... 333 00:21:03,985 --> 00:21:05,821 I have a play! 334 00:21:06,822 --> 00:21:08,656 Who are you? 335 00:21:08,946 --> 00:21:10,724 Um... William Shakespeare. 336 00:21:10,749 --> 00:21:11,883 Never heard of you. 337 00:21:11,908 --> 00:21:13,161 Just listen to him, Father. 338 00:21:13,162 --> 00:21:15,830 I'm an actor and... I'm not hiring actors! 339 00:21:15,831 --> 00:21:17,595 And my play's called "Edward the III." 340 00:21:17,620 --> 00:21:20,722 Ohh! God! A history play? 341 00:21:20,936 --> 00:21:23,238 I've written an enchanting pastoral. 342 00:21:23,239 --> 00:21:25,140 Pastoral?! No, no! 343 00:21:25,141 --> 00:21:27,175 It's shit like that got us into this frigging mess 344 00:21:27,176 --> 00:21:28,576 in the first place! 345 00:21:28,743 --> 00:21:31,812 Mine's about a heroic English king! 346 00:21:31,813 --> 00:21:33,157 Edward. 347 00:21:34,078 --> 00:21:36,517 And his son, the Black Prince. 348 00:21:36,745 --> 00:21:40,749 There's love, war, death, and betrayal. 349 00:21:41,690 --> 00:21:43,691 Is there any comedy? 350 00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:48,343 Um... the Scottish characters are quite funny. 351 00:21:49,312 --> 00:21:51,966 Yeah. Scots are funny. 352 00:21:52,179 --> 00:21:53,746 What happens in the end? 353 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:57,546 The English king triumphs over the deceitful French. 354 00:21:57,632 --> 00:21:58,865 Well, everyone hates the French. 355 00:22:00,547 --> 00:22:01,980 I'll play the Black Prince! 356 00:22:02,211 --> 00:22:03,945 I'll do the funny Scot! 357 00:22:05,381 --> 00:22:06,382 Not too many words. 358 00:22:06,407 --> 00:22:07,607 Silence! 359 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:12,120 I... 360 00:22:12,121 --> 00:22:14,090 Baxter, shut up! 361 00:22:16,749 --> 00:22:18,645 It'd only take a second. I pro... 362 00:22:20,549 --> 00:22:23,317 Mm. Yeah. Mm. 363 00:22:23,522 --> 00:22:25,357 Maybe. Maybe. 364 00:22:26,048 --> 00:22:27,769 Oh, no. No! No! 365 00:22:27,770 --> 00:22:28,571 No! 366 00:22:28,572 --> 00:22:31,039 No, no, no, no! 367 00:22:32,330 --> 00:22:35,032 Will you please do that somewhere else?! 368 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:46,465 Yeah. Nnn. Nnn. 369 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,625 A piece of shit. 370 00:22:50,650 --> 00:22:51,671 Ha ha! Da ha! 371 00:22:51,696 --> 00:22:55,281 But we can make it work. 372 00:22:55,428 --> 00:22:56,529 What? 373 00:22:58,521 --> 00:23:00,885 You rewrite with Baxter while we rehearse. 374 00:23:00,949 --> 00:23:03,183 We have a play! 375 00:23:04,922 --> 00:23:06,757 Our queen's life is in danger. 376 00:23:06,758 --> 00:23:08,959 The Catholic priest and poet Robert Southwell 377 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,928 continues to foment rebellion with his propaganda, 378 00:23:11,929 --> 00:23:15,567 printed on secret presses right here in London. 379 00:23:15,661 --> 00:23:17,329 Make no mistake... 380 00:23:17,502 --> 00:23:20,504 Southwell's words are as dangerous as any armada. 381 00:23:20,505 --> 00:23:22,673 We cannot rule unless we rule our subjects' minds. 382 00:23:22,674 --> 00:23:25,443 Mr. Topcliffe, when will you find him? 383 00:23:27,048 --> 00:23:29,383 When God allows it. 384 00:23:29,447 --> 00:23:31,448 Which is why I must again draw the council's attention 385 00:23:31,449 --> 00:23:33,316 to these so-called theatres... 386 00:23:33,317 --> 00:23:36,641 these snares set by the devil to catch souls. 387 00:23:36,666 --> 00:23:39,668 Always this. We are speaking of the security of our realm. 388 00:23:39,791 --> 00:23:43,359 God will grant us victory only if we are righteous. 389 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,596 The theatres must be destroyed once and for all. 390 00:23:45,597 --> 00:23:48,024 You wrote a play at the university, did you not, 391 00:23:48,049 --> 00:23:50,501 Mr. Topcliffe? It was a work of moral guidance. 392 00:23:50,502 --> 00:23:53,537 But the theatregoer is deaf to morality. 393 00:23:53,538 --> 00:23:57,641 Enough! Mr. Topcliffe, find Southwell and find him now. 394 00:24:23,234 --> 00:24:24,568 Get anything? 395 00:24:24,569 --> 00:24:26,737 - A treasure. - Give it. 396 00:24:27,378 --> 00:24:29,306 You frog-mouthed little light-head! What's this? 397 00:24:29,331 --> 00:24:30,599 No! 398 00:24:31,798 --> 00:24:33,265 Your regular's... 399 00:24:33,477 --> 00:24:35,245 What's he doin' here? 400 00:24:35,246 --> 00:24:36,547 He won't be staying. 401 00:24:36,548 --> 00:24:38,234 My French fanny, he won't. 402 00:24:38,850 --> 00:24:41,653 Get downstairs and get rid o' Rat Face 403 00:24:43,487 --> 00:24:44,727 And you stink. 404 00:24:46,445 --> 00:24:48,266 You won't need her soon. 405 00:24:49,093 --> 00:24:50,910 This letter's Catholic. 406 00:24:51,234 --> 00:24:53,628 I'll take it to Topcliffe himself. 407 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:56,061 Topcliffe. 408 00:24:56,367 --> 00:24:58,058 They say that man's the Devil. 409 00:24:58,224 --> 00:24:59,972 I cut him. 410 00:25:00,262 --> 00:25:03,031 - Who? - The Catholic. 411 00:25:03,056 --> 00:25:05,123 Topcliffe will love me for that. 412 00:25:05,342 --> 00:25:06,942 He'll pay gold for this treasure. 413 00:25:06,967 --> 00:25:09,001 And then you can quit this place, dear sis, 414 00:25:09,247 --> 00:25:12,208 and not be so afflicted of your tiredness. 415 00:25:13,311 --> 00:25:14,511 You cut him? 416 00:25:14,575 --> 00:25:17,510 I cut him deep. 417 00:25:25,669 --> 00:25:27,304 Is he finished yet? 418 00:25:34,150 --> 00:25:35,517 What happened to your hand? 419 00:25:35,573 --> 00:25:38,326 Oh, I was... I was opening an oyster. 420 00:25:38,544 --> 00:25:40,349 You need a scribe. 421 00:25:41,879 --> 00:25:44,414 Yes, I am that most useless of creatures... 422 00:25:44,415 --> 00:25:45,616 An educated woman. 423 00:25:45,617 --> 00:25:47,693 It seems that women are only good 424 00:25:47,718 --> 00:25:50,386 for ruling the nation, rearing children, and whoring. 425 00:25:50,588 --> 00:25:53,457 I have yet to decide which path I shall choose. 426 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,548 My father lets me be the company copyist 427 00:25:57,659 --> 00:26:00,261 because it saves him a great deal of money. 428 00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:04,963 I am yours. Dictate. 429 00:26:07,304 --> 00:26:08,940 All right. Um... 430 00:26:12,627 --> 00:26:15,229 "Let me..." 431 00:26:15,613 --> 00:26:20,450 have her... 432 00:26:20,451 --> 00:26:22,018 likened... 433 00:26:22,019 --> 00:26:24,420 - We need that scene now! - ...to the sun"... 434 00:26:28,545 --> 00:26:30,512 I've improved it! 435 00:26:30,928 --> 00:26:32,051 "She doth"... 436 00:26:32,379 --> 00:26:36,523 "She doth bedazzle gazers like the sun"? 437 00:26:37,802 --> 00:26:41,037 Your schooling was obviously very rustic. 438 00:26:41,038 --> 00:26:42,939 "Bedazzle" is not a word. 439 00:26:42,940 --> 00:26:45,133 The word is "dazzle"! Change it. 440 00:26:45,158 --> 00:26:46,959 "Bedazzle" sounds better. 441 00:26:47,011 --> 00:26:48,812 It fits the rhythm, and the meaning's clear. 442 00:26:48,813 --> 00:26:51,815 "To dazzle"... "bedazzle." 443 00:26:51,816 --> 00:26:53,717 You can't just make up words! 444 00:26:53,718 --> 00:26:55,318 Well, someone must! 445 00:26:55,319 --> 00:26:58,327 Otherwise, we'd still be grunting or speaking Latin. 446 00:26:58,856 --> 00:27:01,858 Yes, educated people must, 447 00:27:01,859 --> 00:27:05,061 not farmboys from Warwickshire. 448 00:27:05,062 --> 00:27:06,295 Glovemaker's my trade. 449 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,842 Exactly! 450 00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:09,225 Change... the... word! 451 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:10,867 No! 452 00:27:10,868 --> 00:27:12,680 I like "bedazzle." 453 00:27:12,705 --> 00:27:15,047 As senior poet, I insist that this... 454 00:27:15,072 --> 00:27:18,676 Oh, for Christ's sake, Baxter! Shut up and give me the pages! 455 00:27:21,365 --> 00:27:22,866 Uhhh.. 456 00:27:23,047 --> 00:27:24,915 "Be... dazzled." 457 00:27:24,916 --> 00:27:27,584 Yes, I liked "bedazzled," too, Richard. 458 00:27:29,457 --> 00:27:33,728 How many civil towns had stood untouched 459 00:27:33,925 --> 00:27:38,261 are now untimely sunk into their graves! 460 00:27:38,262 --> 00:27:39,272 How many... 461 00:27:39,297 --> 00:27:41,356 When he gets excited, he swords the air 462 00:27:41,381 --> 00:27:42,694 like he's chopping wood. 463 00:27:42,725 --> 00:27:45,226 I call him "The Carpenter." He thinks it's a compliment. 464 00:27:45,336 --> 00:27:47,370 ...with open blows like the continual laboring. 465 00:27:47,371 --> 00:27:48,740 For what men's acts... 466 00:27:53,711 --> 00:27:55,446 The theatre? 467 00:27:57,681 --> 00:28:00,450 Come to make his fortune, he said. 468 00:28:00,451 --> 00:28:03,053 He was a Catholic, so I cut him. 469 00:28:03,054 --> 00:28:05,116 Cut his hand deep. 470 00:28:05,262 --> 00:28:06,629 You have served God well. 471 00:28:06,724 --> 00:28:08,661 - Show him out! - Stay, sir! 472 00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:12,840 I-I-I beg thee, sir, for my pains, sir, 473 00:28:13,069 --> 00:28:14,771 s-some gold. 474 00:28:15,941 --> 00:28:17,274 Gold? 475 00:28:17,634 --> 00:28:19,302 Thou hast had thine meat. 476 00:28:19,303 --> 00:28:21,334 What woulds't thou have with gold? 477 00:28:21,393 --> 00:28:25,537 Well, I... M-my sister sir, she... 478 00:28:25,613 --> 00:28:27,013 She is virtuous? Yes sir. 479 00:28:27,045 --> 00:28:29,980 Virtue is its own reward. 480 00:28:30,005 --> 00:28:32,206 But, sir. 481 00:28:32,347 --> 00:28:34,552 Sir! Your Lordship! 482 00:28:35,319 --> 00:28:36,919 Your lordship! 483 00:28:41,058 --> 00:28:43,593 No!! 484 00:28:43,594 --> 00:28:46,496 It's not working! 485 00:28:46,497 --> 00:28:47,557 What can we do?! 486 00:28:47,582 --> 00:28:51,418 I'm sure our young genius can think of something. 487 00:28:52,127 --> 00:28:54,135 Invent some more words? 488 00:28:55,106 --> 00:28:57,008 Uhh... 489 00:29:11,923 --> 00:29:13,323 I... 490 00:29:13,324 --> 00:29:14,430 Didn't think so. Now... 491 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:17,590 Oh, Christ! 492 00:29:20,579 --> 00:29:24,835 I, William Shakespeare, Catholic, do swear 493 00:29:24,836 --> 00:29:28,704 to suffer all persecution, imprisonment, and torment 494 00:29:28,705 --> 00:29:30,706 rather than submit to Protestant rule. 495 00:29:30,707 --> 00:29:33,795 And I, Robert Southwell, do witness 496 00:29:34,145 --> 00:29:36,889 that thou art sworn to protect the one true religion, 497 00:29:37,326 --> 00:29:40,195 even unto death. 498 00:29:40,384 --> 00:29:42,118 Unto death. 499 00:29:50,071 --> 00:29:51,337 Birds. 500 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,755 Birds! 501 00:29:55,780 --> 00:29:56,880 What? 502 00:29:57,068 --> 00:29:58,971 The French could be attacked by birds. 503 00:29:58,996 --> 00:30:00,128 Birds?! 504 00:30:00,153 --> 00:30:02,419 Crows. Or... ravens. 505 00:30:02,444 --> 00:30:03,635 As if... 506 00:30:04,597 --> 00:30:08,556 as if their refusal to recognize Edwards as king 507 00:30:09,088 --> 00:30:11,256 has offended nature. 508 00:30:11,658 --> 00:30:13,791 Inexplicably, the sky darkens. 509 00:30:13,952 --> 00:30:16,589 The ravens circle, the French panic, 510 00:30:16,675 --> 00:30:19,643 and the outnumbered English triumph! 511 00:30:19,823 --> 00:30:20,857 Ridiculous! 512 00:30:20,858 --> 00:30:22,393 Brilliant! 513 00:30:23,861 --> 00:30:25,159 It's brilliant. 514 00:30:25,315 --> 00:30:27,750 Yes. 515 00:30:27,821 --> 00:30:30,055 Yes. 516 00:30:30,267 --> 00:30:31,766 It's brilliant! 517 00:30:32,148 --> 00:30:33,305 Brilliant! 518 00:30:40,026 --> 00:30:42,194 Oi! Look to your parts. 519 00:30:42,413 --> 00:30:44,673 Tomorrow, we continue early. 520 00:30:45,950 --> 00:30:47,551 Alice! 521 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:54,565 Birds! 522 00:30:54,609 --> 00:30:56,846 We've not formally been introduced. 523 00:30:57,929 --> 00:30:59,080 Richard Burbage. 524 00:30:59,105 --> 00:31:01,240 William Shakespeare. 525 00:31:01,327 --> 00:31:04,095 And this ugly arse is Autolycus Brewit, 526 00:31:04,801 --> 00:31:06,702 the second best actor in the company. 527 00:31:06,703 --> 00:31:08,471 In thy dreams, dick-wit. 528 00:31:09,706 --> 00:31:11,474 Come... drink with us. 529 00:31:11,475 --> 00:31:13,692 Well, I have to do tomorrow's changes. 530 00:31:13,717 --> 00:31:15,250 Do them later. 531 00:31:15,362 --> 00:31:16,708 'Tis already late. 532 00:31:16,733 --> 00:31:18,566 Then do them early. 533 00:31:18,633 --> 00:31:23,137 We must live fast, die young, and leave a pox-ridden corpse! 534 00:31:27,091 --> 00:31:29,759 Henslowe is trying to ruin us, 535 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,015 but we don't need his poxy playwrights. 536 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,448 We have you. 537 00:31:33,965 --> 00:31:36,433 Aye, that we do! 538 00:31:36,492 --> 00:31:38,660 You're dressed as a man. 539 00:31:38,685 --> 00:31:39,853 Mm-hmm. 540 00:31:39,878 --> 00:31:42,027 'Tis easier to go abroad at night like this. 541 00:31:42,052 --> 00:31:43,698 Methinks thou art a pretty fellow. 542 00:31:43,807 --> 00:31:46,276 - Ooh. Sodomite! - Sodomite! 543 00:31:46,372 --> 00:31:49,198 Ale, wench! A moment, Alice! 544 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,377 My acting... 'tis great, 'tis not? 545 00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:57,267 Speak truth! 546 00:31:57,427 --> 00:31:59,295 Great? Yes. 547 00:31:59,970 --> 00:32:03,131 Perhaps... even a little... too great. 548 00:32:03,132 --> 00:32:05,697 Too great? How? 549 00:32:07,003 --> 00:32:08,167 Well... 550 00:32:08,597 --> 00:32:14,101 when actors act, they hold a mirror up to nature, as if were. 551 00:32:14,425 --> 00:32:15,670 A mirror up to nature? 552 00:32:15,671 --> 00:32:16,838 As opposed to carpentry. 553 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:20,675 So that an audience can recognize themselves. 554 00:32:21,027 --> 00:32:24,526 Most audiences are common, like myself, 555 00:32:24,551 --> 00:32:30,800 So if you're too great, the audience... will be confused. 556 00:32:32,226 --> 00:32:33,927 That's my problem. 557 00:32:35,562 --> 00:32:37,260 I am too great. 558 00:32:38,244 --> 00:32:40,307 You are a genius, Will Shakespeare. 559 00:32:40,940 --> 00:32:44,070 A genius of birds, so I hear. 560 00:32:44,071 --> 00:32:46,572 Caw! Caw! 561 00:32:46,573 --> 00:32:48,041 Caw! 562 00:32:50,945 --> 00:32:54,227 Master Shakespeare... 563 00:32:54,297 --> 00:32:58,066 I hear you're quite the birdsmith. 564 00:32:59,453 --> 00:33:01,253 Don't believe I've had the pleasure. 565 00:33:01,374 --> 00:33:04,009 Ohhhh! Adorable. 566 00:33:04,058 --> 00:33:06,626 He's so... rustic. 567 00:33:06,627 --> 00:33:09,295 What's your business, Master...? 568 00:33:09,296 --> 00:33:13,799 Robert Greene, founding member of the University Wits. 569 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,404 And my business is to inform you 570 00:33:18,405 --> 00:33:20,941 that you have no business 571 00:33:20,942 --> 00:33:23,609 imagining that all one needs to become one of us 572 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:27,447 is a few of your provincial stage tricks. 573 00:33:27,448 --> 00:33:28,499 No, no, no, no, no, no. 574 00:33:28,524 --> 00:33:31,592 A true writer needs an understanding 575 00:33:31,617 --> 00:33:36,621 of the classics... A university education. 576 00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:41,461 Then I must write false, which I hold as no great sin, 577 00:33:41,462 --> 00:33:42,762 as lies are to a writer 578 00:33:42,763 --> 00:33:45,798 what wood is to a carpenter... material. 579 00:33:50,571 --> 00:33:53,515 Do not duel with a duelist, 580 00:33:54,141 --> 00:33:57,343 lest thy lose thy jewels.. 581 00:33:59,580 --> 00:34:01,982 Challenge him, Will! 582 00:34:01,983 --> 00:34:03,649 Oh, no. Not I. 583 00:34:03,650 --> 00:34:05,651 A shilling on Will! 584 00:34:05,796 --> 00:34:07,787 - No, Richard. - Yes! 585 00:34:07,788 --> 00:34:11,958 I'll take it... Two more on Greene! 586 00:34:11,959 --> 00:34:12,993 I do withdraw. 587 00:34:12,994 --> 00:34:15,928 Oh! The worm turns, does he? 588 00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:21,301 Inch back to whatever shithole you came from, sluggard. 589 00:34:21,302 --> 00:34:22,602 Sir, you do me wrong. 590 00:34:22,603 --> 00:34:24,370 Three more... On Will! 591 00:34:24,371 --> 00:34:25,605 I don't even know the game. 592 00:34:25,606 --> 00:34:27,340 It's words, you idiot. 593 00:34:27,341 --> 00:34:29,966 Sport for the better sort. 594 00:34:30,020 --> 00:34:31,287 Another two on Will. 595 00:34:31,445 --> 00:34:34,680 Well, lamb, ready for the slaughter? 596 00:34:34,681 --> 00:34:39,052 Or is it "Baa baa baa" all the way home? 597 00:34:41,655 --> 00:34:44,357 Sharpen thy wit, butcher! 598 00:34:47,128 --> 00:34:48,694 Come on! 599 00:34:51,865 --> 00:34:55,582 Verse, iambic pentameter. 600 00:34:55,607 --> 00:34:59,811 The first to falter eats shit! 601 00:35:01,575 --> 00:35:07,813 Lord, save us from these troublesome fellows, 602 00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:11,684 country bumbling, rude mechanicals. 603 00:35:11,685 --> 00:35:15,521 Upstart crows, beautified with our feathers, 604 00:35:15,522 --> 00:35:19,859 they flock to London to ape their betters. 605 00:35:19,860 --> 00:35:23,166 They know no classical allusions, 606 00:35:23,191 --> 00:35:27,094 no quotes Ovidian nor Zeno-lluvian. 607 00:35:27,234 --> 00:35:32,938 To wit, their wit is bald-faced counterfeit. 608 00:35:33,134 --> 00:35:36,176 Be it caviar to the commoner, 609 00:35:36,177 --> 00:35:40,880 to those of taste, it is mere fodder! 610 00:35:49,036 --> 00:35:51,874 Three... 611 00:35:51,918 --> 00:35:53,985 two... 612 00:35:54,261 --> 00:35:55,595 one! 613 00:35:55,596 --> 00:35:56,921 Good, sir. 614 00:35:56,977 --> 00:35:58,378 Why... 615 00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:01,467 Why... 616 00:36:01,468 --> 00:36:04,036 Why is thy wit so dry? 617 00:36:04,037 --> 00:36:07,140 We will quench it if thou does not reply. 618 00:36:08,242 --> 00:36:09,875 Why... 619 00:36:09,876 --> 00:36:11,111 Why... 620 00:36:11,112 --> 00:36:16,249 Why, thy brain is so dull, thy tongue is tied! 621 00:36:16,250 --> 00:36:20,586 So why take offense that this dull brain 622 00:36:20,587 --> 00:36:23,289 doth foolishly wish to entertain? 623 00:36:24,512 --> 00:36:28,549 I make no claim to fame, hold none is disdain. 624 00:36:28,629 --> 00:36:32,760 Why dost thou fear this humble, rustic swain? 625 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:33,966 Fear thee?! 626 00:36:33,967 --> 00:36:36,502 To demonstrate my superiority... 627 00:36:36,503 --> 00:36:40,606 He'll quote another non... sensicality. 628 00:36:40,607 --> 00:36:42,908 Nonsensicality? Pray, what is that? 629 00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:46,679 The prating nonsense of a tavern rat. 630 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,183 Thy hair is wild, but thy wit is tame. 631 00:36:50,184 --> 00:36:54,687 Lame as an old nag, thou rides it for shame! 632 00:36:54,688 --> 00:36:58,958 Thy wit is so stale, worms would not eat it. 633 00:36:58,959 --> 00:37:03,663 It cannot be spoken, only... Pfft! Excreted! 634 00:37:05,098 --> 00:37:06,599 How dare thee! 635 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,202 Oh, I dare well, for thou are truly dead. 636 00:37:09,203 --> 00:37:13,005 For shame! Thy wit is slain by one so poorly read. 637 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:17,677 Oh! He ills! Bring a stool so this knave can sit! 638 00:37:17,678 --> 00:37:22,047 "Quilled by common Will" shall be his epithet! 639 00:37:24,518 --> 00:37:26,909 Ahhh! Bah, bah, bah, bah! 640 00:37:26,934 --> 00:37:29,768 If this upstart has offended, 641 00:37:30,023 --> 00:37:33,472 think on this... I pray all's mended. 642 00:37:33,569 --> 00:37:35,070 Whether fine-feathered... 643 00:37:35,095 --> 00:37:36,062 Ooh! 644 00:37:36,093 --> 00:37:38,927 ...or the most common of birds, 645 00:37:38,999 --> 00:37:43,512 to wing our way to Heaven, all we need... 646 00:37:44,016 --> 00:37:45,516 are words. 647 00:37:50,744 --> 00:37:54,180 Thou art a genius, Will Shakespeare! 648 00:37:55,216 --> 00:37:59,385 That boy can swing! Bam, bam! 649 00:37:59,386 --> 00:38:00,986 That's right! 650 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,823 A pox on those poxy playwrights! 651 00:38:03,824 --> 00:38:06,826 A pox on them all! 652 00:38:06,827 --> 00:38:10,663 We've got Willy Wankerspeare! 653 00:38:10,664 --> 00:38:13,933 Willy Wankerspeare and Big Dick Burbage, 654 00:38:13,934 --> 00:38:16,369 the two new cocks of the London stage! 655 00:38:16,370 --> 00:38:18,571 I will bedazzle them all! 656 00:38:18,572 --> 00:38:20,873 The bedazzler! 657 00:38:20,874 --> 00:38:22,942 Oi! People are sleeping! 658 00:38:22,943 --> 00:38:24,344 Not anymore they're not! 659 00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:26,507 Willy Wankspeare will get us arrested! 660 00:38:26,532 --> 00:38:27,890 I care not. 661 00:38:27,985 --> 00:38:32,116 I will write the greatest plays this world has ever seen, 662 00:38:32,219 --> 00:38:34,854 and together, we will achieve greatness! 663 00:38:34,855 --> 00:38:37,723 We will achieve greatness! 664 00:38:37,724 --> 00:38:41,260 It is written in those stars. I see it. 665 00:38:41,368 --> 00:38:42,977 I see it! 666 00:38:44,144 --> 00:38:45,565 I see it! 667 00:38:46,336 --> 00:38:47,666 I see it! 668 00:38:47,934 --> 00:38:50,770 I see it. I... I see it. 669 00:38:50,771 --> 00:38:53,939 I see it. I see it. I see it. 670 00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:55,375 - Will... - I see it! 671 00:38:55,376 --> 00:38:57,834 Yes. Peace. 672 00:38:58,248 --> 00:38:59,839 Peace. 673 00:39:00,602 --> 00:39:02,270 Peace. 674 00:39:05,238 --> 00:39:06,860 - Peace. - Who goes there?! 675 00:39:06,932 --> 00:39:08,433 The watch! 676 00:39:08,622 --> 00:39:10,845 - Halt! - Halt! 677 00:39:10,968 --> 00:39:12,202 Halt, there! 678 00:39:27,308 --> 00:39:28,474 Shh! 679 00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:40,171 Shh! 680 00:39:41,655 --> 00:39:44,256 Shh! Shh! Shh! 681 00:40:22,963 --> 00:40:25,978 W-Wait. Alice. 682 00:40:26,094 --> 00:40:27,662 I'm married. 683 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,048 What? 684 00:40:33,374 --> 00:40:35,375 I'm sorry. I'm... I'm... 685 00:40:35,758 --> 00:40:37,159 I'm drunk. I... 686 00:40:50,014 --> 00:40:51,516 Married? 687 00:40:52,780 --> 00:40:54,251 Aye. 688 00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:57,048 Married. 689 00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:02,746 With... three children. 690 00:41:07,674 --> 00:41:09,109 Three? 691 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,683 You must have started young. 692 00:41:18,714 --> 00:41:21,116 18. 693 00:41:30,907 --> 00:41:33,442 So, uh, you're... 694 00:41:33,529 --> 00:41:36,565 you're married. 695 00:41:36,637 --> 00:41:38,238 Yes. 696 00:41:42,090 --> 00:41:44,258 I'm not free. 697 00:41:46,081 --> 00:41:47,782 You're a man. 698 00:41:47,948 --> 00:41:50,451 Don't talk to me about not being free. 699 00:42:11,972 --> 00:42:13,625 Stinking old piss breath! 700 00:42:13,883 --> 00:42:15,141 I'll kill him! 701 00:42:15,226 --> 00:42:17,661 I'll bloody kill him!! 702 00:42:33,927 --> 00:42:37,130 Disrobe, thy dirt-some punk. 703 00:42:38,769 --> 00:42:41,471 Come, commodity. 704 00:42:41,535 --> 00:42:43,184 Show thy worth. 705 00:43:18,118 --> 00:43:20,878 A king's cloak is too fine a bed for me. 706 00:43:23,698 --> 00:43:27,283 Thou art a true knight, Sir Will. 707 00:43:31,818 --> 00:43:33,442 Good night. 708 00:43:33,783 --> 00:43:36,651 Good night, Sir Will. 709 00:43:40,224 --> 00:43:41,892 Good night, Sir Will. 710 00:43:41,995 --> 00:43:43,897 Good night! 711 00:43:45,823 --> 00:43:47,457 Alice. 712 00:43:53,907 --> 00:43:56,076 Don't burn the place down. 713 00:43:59,612 --> 00:44:01,471 She is beautiful. 714 00:44:01,496 --> 00:44:03,497 But you already have a wife. 715 00:44:05,214 --> 00:44:09,169 This will lead to damnation. 716 00:44:11,091 --> 00:44:13,182 I do this for my family. 717 00:44:13,927 --> 00:44:15,502 For yourself. 718 00:44:17,063 --> 00:44:20,119 God gives us rules, not choices. 719 00:44:20,967 --> 00:44:23,227 Is it such a sin to want to be who I am? 720 00:44:23,804 --> 00:44:25,571 You are the son of a glover. 721 00:44:25,572 --> 00:44:27,072 Go home and live by your commandments. 722 00:44:27,073 --> 00:44:29,909 God have mercy on their souls. 723 00:44:29,910 --> 00:44:33,813 Hell is real. And eternal. 724 00:44:33,814 --> 00:44:36,716 Remember thy true faith, Will. 725 00:44:36,717 --> 00:44:40,653 Better to die righteous than to burn for fear. 726 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:42,931 The traitor carrying this letter 727 00:44:42,956 --> 00:44:44,657 was from one of the theatres. 728 00:44:44,658 --> 00:44:46,091 It surpriseth me not. 729 00:44:46,092 --> 00:44:50,997 Those places are full drunkards, degenerates, whores, and spies. 730 00:44:52,011 --> 00:44:54,713 I find it so hard to fit in. 731 00:44:55,019 --> 00:44:58,191 Whoever carried this letter can lead me to Southwell. 732 00:44:58,605 --> 00:45:01,641 Then they are a valuable prize. 733 00:45:01,899 --> 00:45:05,110 Find him, and you'll be paid well. 734 00:45:05,111 --> 00:45:08,375 Search the theatres for a writer 735 00:45:08,953 --> 00:45:11,813 with a gash on his hand. 736 00:45:14,425 --> 00:45:18,628 "Tamburlaine the Ghost" by Christopher Marlowe! 737 00:45:19,997 --> 00:45:22,398 Burbage! Where is that liar? 738 00:45:22,423 --> 00:45:24,693 Burbage! Burbage! 739 00:45:27,634 --> 00:45:29,969 You said it was my play. 740 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:33,965 Well... I did pay for a Marlowe play. 741 00:45:34,005 --> 00:45:36,940 But I didn't write you one. 742 00:45:37,340 --> 00:45:38,778 After the performance, 743 00:45:38,779 --> 00:45:43,282 you can say it was written by a disciple of yours, huh? 744 00:45:43,283 --> 00:45:45,565 I could sue you, you know. 745 00:45:46,219 --> 00:45:49,245 First, I want to meet this... "disciple." 746 00:45:49,319 --> 00:45:50,453 Hm. 747 00:45:50,626 --> 00:45:52,794 Very well. 748 00:45:57,664 --> 00:46:00,133 Stop that! I'm practicing! 749 00:46:03,512 --> 00:46:05,312 You two look busy. 750 00:46:05,451 --> 00:46:07,949 - Your pretty gown will get ruined! - Good. 751 00:46:07,974 --> 00:46:10,308 I-I can't read this. 752 00:46:11,006 --> 00:46:12,106 Uhh... "The death." 753 00:46:12,131 --> 00:46:13,212 Ahhhh! 754 00:46:13,213 --> 00:46:14,814 - Look, if I... - Will, what do you think of my teeth? 755 00:46:14,815 --> 00:46:16,015 Yes. Very scary. 756 00:46:16,016 --> 00:46:17,482 What am I holding the mirror up to? 757 00:46:17,483 --> 00:46:20,657 You poxy, pigeon-livered, sodding cocksuckers! 758 00:46:20,682 --> 00:46:22,789 - Now, that's funny, boy. - Will! 759 00:46:22,814 --> 00:46:24,089 That's funny. What am I holding a mirror up to? 760 00:46:24,090 --> 00:46:25,490 Nature. Will! 761 00:46:25,491 --> 00:46:27,326 - Nature? - Will! 762 00:46:27,327 --> 00:46:30,831 Oh. Come and meet Christopher Marlowe. 763 00:46:35,168 --> 00:46:37,502 Will. Uh, William. 764 00:46:38,118 --> 00:46:39,759 Shakespeare. 765 00:46:39,846 --> 00:46:41,133 An honor. 766 00:46:42,275 --> 00:46:44,673 Seems your play is quite the thing. 767 00:46:45,545 --> 00:46:49,393 Very poor thing, compared to your... great works. 768 00:46:50,059 --> 00:46:51,493 Indeed. 769 00:46:58,024 --> 00:47:00,392 What happened to your hand? 770 00:47:01,270 --> 00:47:03,472 I, uh... slipped. 771 00:47:06,197 --> 00:47:08,158 How long have you been in London? 772 00:47:08,253 --> 00:47:09,554 Not long. 773 00:47:11,177 --> 00:47:12,344 No. 774 00:47:13,992 --> 00:47:15,994 No, not long at all. 775 00:47:18,255 --> 00:47:22,465 And welcome, Monsieur Shakeshaft. 776 00:47:24,864 --> 00:47:27,800 I predict your stay will be profitable. 777 00:47:35,029 --> 00:47:40,900 "Tamburlaine the Ghost" by Christopher Marlowe! 778 00:47:45,338 --> 00:47:46,972 Psst! You... come here. 779 00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:48,398 Yes, you. Come on. 780 00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:52,546 Go to the house of Richard Topcliffe. 781 00:47:52,585 --> 00:47:54,246 - Whose house? - Richard Topcliffe. 782 00:47:54,247 --> 00:47:56,448 Tell him Marlowe has what he seeks. You understand? 783 00:47:56,449 --> 00:47:57,609 What he seeks. 784 00:47:57,634 --> 00:47:59,069 Aye, sir. 785 00:48:00,381 --> 00:48:01,582 Off you go. 786 00:48:18,533 --> 00:48:20,078 - Master Kemp, sir. - What? What?! 787 00:48:20,103 --> 00:48:21,473 In this scene, the line where you... 788 00:48:21,474 --> 00:48:22,674 The line?! 789 00:48:22,675 --> 00:48:24,368 Shut your gob, sonny. 790 00:48:24,393 --> 00:48:26,527 Watch a star shine. 791 00:48:37,824 --> 00:48:40,025 Dislodge! Dislodge! 792 00:48:40,026 --> 00:48:42,294 It is the King of England! 793 00:48:42,295 --> 00:48:44,163 The King of England! 794 00:48:46,032 --> 00:48:48,800 The King of England! 795 00:48:48,801 --> 00:48:50,169 Aaaah! 796 00:48:55,641 --> 00:48:56,976 Saddle my bonny black! 797 00:48:56,977 --> 00:48:59,079 Haaa! 798 00:49:17,998 --> 00:49:20,065 Message for Mr. Topcliffe. 799 00:49:20,066 --> 00:49:23,768 I would have their lives choked up, my sovereign. 800 00:49:23,769 --> 00:49:26,405 Whose lives, m'lady? 801 00:49:26,406 --> 00:49:29,508 Your wedded queen... My liege. 802 00:49:29,509 --> 00:49:30,775 And Salisbury... 803 00:49:30,776 --> 00:49:32,011 What am I holding... 804 00:49:32,012 --> 00:49:34,280 It's holding a mirror up to nature. 805 00:49:35,448 --> 00:49:38,250 ...that we cannot bestow but by their death. 806 00:49:39,585 --> 00:49:41,610 Thy opposition is beyond our law! 807 00:49:41,635 --> 00:49:45,105 So is your... desire. 808 00:49:49,295 --> 00:49:52,464 Yeah! Tell the old lech! 809 00:49:57,008 --> 00:49:59,016 A message from Mr. Marlowe, sir. 810 00:49:59,073 --> 00:50:00,321 Where is he? 811 00:50:00,409 --> 00:50:01,809 The theatre. 812 00:50:08,078 --> 00:50:13,285 A flight of ugly ravens do croak and hover 813 00:50:13,286 --> 00:50:15,988 o'er our soldiers' heads! 814 00:50:15,989 --> 00:50:18,633 Fly! Fly! 815 00:50:18,695 --> 00:50:22,198 There is no hope but death! 816 00:50:22,395 --> 00:50:24,583 ? La morte ? 817 00:50:24,695 --> 00:50:30,199 ? La mooooooooooooorte ? 818 00:50:32,005 --> 00:50:34,940 ...this first fruit of my sword. 819 00:50:34,941 --> 00:50:39,411 Cropped and cut down even at the gate of death! 820 00:50:39,412 --> 00:50:41,746 Down with the French faggots! 821 00:50:41,747 --> 00:50:44,016 "Gate of death" is my line. All the good bits are mine. 822 00:50:44,017 --> 00:50:45,417 You couldn't write this well 823 00:50:45,418 --> 00:50:47,919 if I shoved a hot poker up your arse, hm? 824 00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:51,330 The King of Boheme, Father, whom I slew, 825 00:50:51,355 --> 00:50:52,413 whose thousands... 826 00:50:52,438 --> 00:50:55,040 That boy can't act for shite! 827 00:50:55,088 --> 00:50:57,423 And lay as thick upon my battered crest... 828 00:50:57,479 --> 00:50:59,713 "The Carpenter's" at it again. 829 00:50:59,832 --> 00:51:01,666 Well, at least the audience are with us. 830 00:51:01,667 --> 00:51:03,768 The entire play hangs on the final speech. 831 00:51:04,127 --> 00:51:05,937 If Richard doesn't stop shouting, we're ruined. 832 00:51:05,938 --> 00:51:07,439 ...often blows, 833 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,308 like the continual laboring of a woodman's axe... 834 00:51:09,309 --> 00:51:10,675 What's he yelling about now? 835 00:51:10,676 --> 00:51:12,777 ...that is enjoining to fell a load of oaks 836 00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:15,947 began to faulter, straight I would record 837 00:51:16,103 --> 00:51:19,818 my gifts you gave me and my zealous vow 838 00:51:20,118 --> 00:51:24,289 that, in despite, I carved my passage forth! 839 00:51:30,063 --> 00:51:33,865 So, John of France! 840 00:51:33,866 --> 00:51:36,558 - I see you keep your word! - Give me a sword. 841 00:51:36,583 --> 00:51:40,129 But had you done at first, as now you do, 842 00:51:40,473 --> 00:51:42,307 how many civil towns... 843 00:51:42,370 --> 00:51:43,805 A mirror! 844 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,756 What mean you... soldier? 845 00:52:02,995 --> 00:52:04,264 Speak! 846 00:52:06,899 --> 00:52:09,205 Hold up a mirror... 847 00:52:09,735 --> 00:52:11,088 my prince... 848 00:52:12,159 --> 00:52:13,244 wherein... 849 00:52:13,539 --> 00:52:19,545 this French villain may see his own foul nature. 850 00:52:29,222 --> 00:52:30,619 Nature? 851 00:52:31,557 --> 00:52:33,221 Hold up a mirror? 852 00:52:33,926 --> 00:52:37,230 His... nature? 853 00:52:40,801 --> 00:52:42,602 Mirror... 854 00:52:42,768 --> 00:52:46,504 To his... nature. 855 00:52:51,811 --> 00:52:53,012 Mirror... 856 00:52:56,624 --> 00:52:58,493 A mirror. 857 00:53:04,635 --> 00:53:07,893 John, see what a scourge has laid upon your land? 858 00:53:11,264 --> 00:53:14,249 Had you done at first as now you do, 859 00:53:15,335 --> 00:53:18,741 how many civil towns had stood untouched 860 00:53:19,615 --> 00:53:22,452 that now are turned to ragged heaps of stones? 861 00:53:24,319 --> 00:53:28,014 How people's lives might'st thou have saved 862 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:31,999 that are untimely sunk into their graves? 863 00:53:33,202 --> 00:53:35,750 Yeah. War. 864 00:53:36,122 --> 00:53:37,756 Nothing but a waste, innit? 865 00:53:37,757 --> 00:53:41,926 God willing, then, to England we'll be shipped. 866 00:53:42,211 --> 00:53:45,859 Where in a happy hour, I trust we shall arrive. 867 00:53:47,267 --> 00:53:52,604 Three kings, two princes, and a queen! 868 00:54:26,872 --> 00:54:28,840 Hush! 869 00:54:28,841 --> 00:54:30,041 Thank you! 870 00:54:30,042 --> 00:54:32,344 Thank you, gentles, all! 871 00:54:32,345 --> 00:54:34,078 But, uh, I must inform you 872 00:54:34,079 --> 00:54:36,519 that this trifle was not written by myself, 873 00:54:37,199 --> 00:54:40,151 but a young upstart... A mere pup! 874 00:54:40,152 --> 00:54:42,487 Please give your hand to the whelp... 875 00:54:42,488 --> 00:54:45,390 Master Will Shakeshaft! 876 00:55:08,614 --> 00:55:10,515 You said you were going to pull me onstage. 877 00:55:10,516 --> 00:55:11,783 I wrote it with him! 878 00:55:11,784 --> 00:55:15,087 I have a far greater role for you to play. 879 00:55:19,259 --> 00:55:20,459 I told you he was special. 880 00:55:20,460 --> 00:55:21,560 We'll see. 881 00:55:31,304 --> 00:55:33,105 Give me your hand. 882 00:55:34,940 --> 00:55:36,642 Go gather the props. 883 00:55:47,563 --> 00:55:49,231 Christ! 884 00:55:49,389 --> 00:55:50,822 What have you done?! 885 00:55:50,823 --> 00:55:53,188 We all must suffer for greatness one way or another. 886 00:55:53,214 --> 00:55:54,514 Degenerate lunatic! 887 00:55:54,624 --> 00:55:56,792 Shh. Here. Let me bandage it for you. 888 00:55:56,896 --> 00:55:57,929 I'll kill you! 889 00:56:01,401 --> 00:56:02,501 No! 890 00:56:02,958 --> 00:56:04,269 He struggled, and the wound opened. 891 00:56:04,270 --> 00:56:06,458 - Get him out of here. - No, no, no, no! 892 00:56:06,538 --> 00:56:09,880 No! I've done nothing! 893 00:56:09,991 --> 00:56:11,859 No! No, no! 894 00:56:12,032 --> 00:56:13,866 No! He's a lunatic! 895 00:56:13,946 --> 00:56:15,295 No! 896 00:56:15,415 --> 00:56:17,616 You've got the wrong man! 897 00:56:26,258 --> 00:56:29,945 You owe me your life, Master Shakespeare. 898 00:56:30,668 --> 00:56:34,976 Then, the debt is small, for I am but born this moment. 899 00:56:35,364 --> 00:56:37,437 A debt, nonetheless. 900 00:56:38,103 --> 00:56:39,248 A debt. 901 00:57:17,123 --> 00:57:22,123 Synced & corrected by PopcornAWH www.addic7ed.com