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原创 Willlam Shakespeare——12、England will remember

Well,all that was thirty-three years ago.I'm an old man,and everyone is dying around me.Anne Shakespeare died in 1623,and John Hall went about twelve years later,fighting the plague Susanna's still al

2013-02-28 20:10:41 581

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——11、The last years

Will did write another play,of course.That was Henry VIII and he wrote it because the King's daughter,Princess Elizabeth,was getting married.The King's Men had to have a new play for a special day lik

2013-02-28 20:08:56 597

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——10、Back to Stratford

'You're losing your hair,Will,'I said to him one day.'We're both getting old,Toby,'he said.'There's no escape from it.Old and tired.''Don't talk like that,'I said.'You're only forty-seven.There's

2013-02-27 13:20:51 624

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——9、The Mermaid Tavern

During the next few years the plague was always with us.Some years it was bad,other years not too bad.When the theatres in London closed,we went on tour.Well,the King's Mes did.Will and I were mostly

2013-02-26 18:48:03 696

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——8、A Scottish King for England

Will's father died in September 1601.In his last years John Shakespeare was a happy man.His son was famous,and the Shakespeare family was important again in Stratford.But there weren't many children i

2013-02-25 19:41:56 928

原创 William Shakespeare——7、Queens,Kings,and Princes

Every year we took more and more plays to court at Christmas.In 1598 one of Will's plays was Henry IV.A lot of the play was about the King's son and his friend,Sir John Falstaff.Sir John was old,fat,l

2013-02-25 13:43:29 731

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——6、Death in the family

After the plague years,we were busy all the time.There were new companies of players and Will now belonged to the Lord Chamberlain's Men.The Lord Chamberlain was a very important man,close to the Quee

2013-02-24 20:58:22 791

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——5、The plague years

Will worte his play Richard III for Richard Burbage,and it was a great success.Richard the Third was a wicked king-a murderer-but he was wonderful on the stage,with Burbage's great voice and fine acti

2013-02-22 19:48:54 733

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——4、A new life in London

It's two days journey to London by horse,and Will talked all the way.His eyes were bright and excited.He was full of plans,and poems,and a love of life.'I talked to one of the Queen's Men,'he told m

2013-02-21 08:37:38 844

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——3、The actors come to town

Will married Anne Hathaway in November,and she came to live in Henley Street.John Shakespeare was pleased that his oldest son was married,but I don't think Will's mother wanted him to marry so young.F

2013-02-20 08:46:07 849

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——2、Stratford-upon-Avon

It was a sunny day in October 1579 when I first met Will,just outside Stratford,near a big field of apple trees.I saw a boy up in one of the trees.He had red hair and looked about two years older than

2013-02-01 08:17:51 1877

原创 Willlam Shakespeare——1、Toby remembers

My name is Toby.I'm an old man,eighty-three this spring.My house is right in the middle of Stratford-upon-Avon,and I can watch the street market from my window.But I live very quietly now.I'mjust an

2013-02-01 08:16:00 1000