1 00:00:46,422 --> 00:00:48,965 -Yeah, hold on a second. -What were you saying? 2 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:52,343 -Taxi! Taxi! -All right, what are you saying? 3 00:00:52,511 --> 00:00:55,513 l'm asking why you thought you didn't have to be on time. 4 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:01,644 Finally. God, come on. 5 00:01:13,157 --> 00:01:15,658 -Sorry. -Yeah. At last. 6 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:18,244 Good. Great. 7 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:25,710 Alex, cue three. Sound, cue four and tabs, go. 8 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:35,887 Soul of the age 9 00:01:36,180 --> 00:01:39,265 The applause, delight 10 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:42,018 The wonder of our stage 11 00:01:42,186 --> 00:01:45,855 Our Shakespeare, rise! 12 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:48,691 Our Shakespeare. 13 00:01:48,859 --> 00:01:52,028 For he is all of ours, is he not? 14 00:01:52,196 --> 00:01:54,447 The most performed playwright of all time. 15 00:01:55,032 --> 00:01:57,700 The author of 37 plays... 16 00:01:57,868 --> 00:02:00,036 ...a hundred and fifty-four sonnets... 17 00:02:00,204 --> 00:02:03,539 ...and several narrative poems that are collectively known... 18 00:02:03,707 --> 00:02:09,629 ...as the ultimate expressions of humanity in the English language. 19 00:02:10,881 --> 00:02:12,632 And yet.... 20 00:02:14,218 --> 00:02:16,344 And yet... 21 00:02:17,221 --> 00:02:21,307 ...not a single manuscript of any kind... 22 00:02:21,475 --> 00:02:25,812 ...has ever been found written in Shakespeare's own hand. 23 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:29,148 ln 400 years, not one document. 24 00:02:29,858 --> 00:02:32,568 He was born the son of a glove maker... 25 00:02:32,736 --> 00:02:36,322 ...and at some unknown time, armed... 26 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:39,659 ...but with a grammar-school education... 27 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:41,494 ...he went to London... 28 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:45,498 ...where, the story goes, he became an actor... 29 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:48,334 ...and, eventually, a playwright. 30 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,964 He died at the age of 52. 31 00:02:53,131 --> 00:02:55,925 And he was survived by his wife and two daughters... 32 00:02:56,093 --> 00:03:01,180 ...who, like Shakespeare's own father, were irrefutably illiterate. 33 00:03:01,431 --> 00:03:05,017 His will famously left his second-best bed to his widow. 34 00:03:05,769 --> 00:03:08,604 But it made no mention of a single book... 35 00:03:09,273 --> 00:03:11,107 ...or manuscript. 36 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:14,026 Our Shakespeare... 37 00:03:14,278 --> 00:03:17,613 ...is a cipher. A ghost. 38 00:03:18,323 --> 00:03:21,367 So let me offer you a different story. 39 00:03:21,535 --> 00:03:26,122 A darker story, of quills and swords. 40 00:03:26,290 --> 00:03:28,124 Of power and betrayal. 41 00:03:28,292 --> 00:03:33,296 Of a stage conquered and a throne lost. 42 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,717 After him! 43 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,478 There he is! 44 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:51,480 Get him! 45 00:03:54,192 --> 00:03:55,860 Over there! 46 00:03:56,820 --> 00:03:58,237 Hurry! 47 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:05,244 -Break it down! -Go, lads! 48 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:06,913 Put your back into it! 49 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:21,469 Search the place! 50 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:23,012 Jonson! 51 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:25,765 -Jonson! -That way! 52 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:28,351 l know you're in here! 53 00:04:28,518 --> 00:04:31,103 Jonson, show yourself! 54 00:04:31,521 --> 00:04:32,855 Come out! 55 00:04:33,357 --> 00:04:35,566 Out with you, Jonson! 56 00:04:35,734 --> 00:04:38,527 l'll smoke you out like a rat! 57 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:41,405 -Torch it! -Give it up! 58 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:43,491 Torch it! 59 00:04:43,659 --> 00:04:44,909 Burn everything! 60 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:49,121 Do you smell that, Jonson? 61 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:54,794 That's the smell of your theater going up in flames! 62 00:05:05,931 --> 00:05:07,807 Arrest him! 63 00:05:09,893 --> 00:05:11,310 Shall we to the Tower? 64 00:05:12,604 --> 00:05:15,272 Make way! This is none of your concern! 65 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:39,714 Chain him here, then leave us. 66 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:47,471 He was carrying nothing but a quill and some empty pages. 67 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:52,601 You are Benjamin Jonson, playwright. 68 00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:55,521 Son of William Jonson, glassblower. 69 00:05:56,273 --> 00:05:57,565 Yeah. 70 00:05:57,733 --> 00:06:00,526 And have you ever been arrested before, Mr. Jonson? 71 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:05,114 l'm a writer, aren't l? Of course l've bloody well been arrested. 72 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:12,038 Ask him about the plays. 73 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,206 Plays? 74 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:19,170 Oh, which would you prefer, Sir Robert Cecil? A pastoral? 75 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:23,549 An historical? An historical pastoral? An hysterical historical pastoral? 76 00:06:25,802 --> 00:06:29,388 We are not interested in your plays, Mr. Jonson. 77 00:06:29,556 --> 00:06:33,017 We're interested in the plays given to you by Edward de Vere... 78 00:06:33,185 --> 00:06:35,311 ...Earl of Oxford. 79 00:06:37,647 --> 00:06:39,523 l am sorry, sir. 80 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:43,903 l am not sure l know whereof you speak. 81 00:06:48,992 --> 00:06:50,493 Where are the plays? 82 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:53,996 What plays? 83 00:07:01,546 --> 00:07:05,257 -Wonderful, isn't it? -Well, it's certainly big. 84 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:08,886 l promise you, Edward, you've seen nothing like it! 85 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:12,431 There won't be puppets, will there? 86 00:07:13,517 --> 00:07:18,604 Step aside, step aside! Make way for my Lords of Oxford and Southampton! 87 00:07:19,856 --> 00:07:23,776 And here come the fool and the jester again, methinks. 88 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:26,112 The stagecraft is quite spectacular. 89 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:28,989 Far more elaborate than anything l've seen at court. 90 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:32,409 Sheart, what a damn'd witty rogue's this! 91 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:34,954 How he confounds with his similes! 92 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,414 Better with similes than smiles. 93 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:41,418 And whither were you riding now, signior? 94 00:07:42,337 --> 00:07:45,756 Whither should l ride but to the court? 95 00:07:45,924 --> 00:07:46,966 Pardon me, sir. 96 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:50,219 Thou never saw'st my gray hobby yet. 97 00:07:50,387 --> 00:07:52,138 Have you such a one? 98 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:54,140 No! 99 00:07:58,562 --> 00:08:00,062 Ale! 100 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:02,273 Marlowe, spot me a few pence, will you? 101 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,567 Henslowe owes me for Shoemaker's Holiday. 102 00:08:04,734 --> 00:08:07,486 That's because no one saw Shoemaker's Holiday. 103 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:08,654 Ale! 104 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:11,991 Kit, isn't that one of your unrequited loves in the box? 105 00:08:12,159 --> 00:08:14,660 -The Earl of Southampton? -But with whom? 106 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:17,997 By the beard, that's Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford. 107 00:08:18,165 --> 00:08:21,292 Had his own acting troupe for private court performances. 108 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:25,004 -l wonder if he needs any material. -Certainly not yours. 109 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:27,840 What, the noble, there? Why, he's a gull! 110 00:08:28,466 --> 00:08:30,009 He's a fool! 111 00:08:30,969 --> 00:08:34,847 The poor man's brain is lighter than his feather! 112 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:36,932 Enough! 113 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:45,316 Jonson, wonderful dialogue. 114 00:08:45,483 --> 00:08:48,194 lt's absolutely wonderful. 115 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,655 -Sorry, sire. -Will. 116 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:55,868 Will Shakespeare. That is not ale in that goblet, is it? 117 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:57,119 Ale? 118 00:08:57,621 --> 00:08:59,121 Me? 119 00:08:59,289 --> 00:09:03,125 Drink during a performance? l am a professional, Mr. Henslowe. 120 00:09:03,293 --> 00:09:05,711 -Make way! -An utter professional. 121 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:08,339 Stand aside! 122 00:09:08,506 --> 00:09:11,050 -You stand aside! -Watch yourself! 123 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:16,263 This play has been declared seditious... 124 00:09:18,141 --> 00:09:20,893 ...by Lord William Cecil! 125 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:23,896 Why don't you disperse William Cecil's arse? 126 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,648 Arrest that man! 127 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:27,483 Disperse! 128 00:09:27,651 --> 00:09:29,693 This play is seditious... 129 00:09:29,861 --> 00:09:32,154 -...and will not continue! -Seditious? 130 00:09:32,948 --> 00:09:36,283 lt's a comedy! There's nothing seditious about it! 131 00:09:36,451 --> 00:09:39,370 ls that right? And you know this because...? 132 00:09:39,537 --> 00:09:41,580 Because l wrote the bloody thing. 133 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:43,958 -Arrest this man as well! -What? No, wait-- 134 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:48,003 Please! l'm a poet, for God's sake! l'm not a criminal! 135 00:09:48,171 --> 00:09:51,548 Thus endeth the brief career of one Ben Jonson. 136 00:09:51,716 --> 00:09:54,927 -Disperse! -William Cecil, you're an arsehole! 137 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:57,846 Well, off to Essex House, then. 138 00:09:58,056 --> 00:10:00,516 l'd like to see his arse dispersed! 139 00:10:00,684 --> 00:10:02,768 Disperse! 140 00:10:06,273 --> 00:10:10,776 Out. Henry, how many people were at that play? 141 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:12,361 l'm not sure. 142 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,614 Two thousand? Maybe more. 143 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:19,034 How many performances are there of a play like that? 144 00:10:19,202 --> 00:10:21,287 Five or six, l suppose. 145 00:10:21,705 --> 00:10:23,455 -New service. -By the beard. 146 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:27,626 Ten thousand souls, all listening to the writings, the ideas of one man. 147 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:29,420 That's power, Essex. 148 00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:32,923 And if there's one thing the Cecils understand, it's power. 149 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:35,384 New service! 150 00:10:35,552 --> 00:10:39,763 And since when did words ever win a kingdom? 151 00:10:41,349 --> 00:10:43,434 l'll keep my sword, thank you very much. 152 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:48,480 Out. 153 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:54,987 Henry, some of my men have... 154 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:58,157 ...intercepted some of William Cecil's correspondence... 155 00:10:58,325 --> 00:11:00,909 ...with King James of Scotland. 156 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:04,121 Cecil's all but promising him the throne. 157 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:06,373 To James? Elizabeth would never-- 158 00:11:06,541 --> 00:11:09,877 Elizabeth is old. lll. 159 00:11:10,045 --> 00:11:12,171 And yet she refuses to name an heir. 160 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,673 But a Scotsman? On the Tudor throne? 161 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:18,010 That is why we must do everything in our power to ensure... 162 00:11:18,428 --> 00:11:20,971 ...the right man succeeds Elizabeth. 163 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:24,475 A man deserving of the Tudor crown. 164 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:29,313 l ask you for the support of you and your men, Henry... 165 00:11:29,481 --> 00:11:33,484 ...if it comes to a fight, for me to seize the throne. 166 00:11:33,651 --> 00:11:35,736 You know you need not ask. 167 00:11:35,904 --> 00:11:38,655 l stand with you, as l always have. 168 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:49,958 Be careful, Henry. 169 00:11:50,126 --> 00:11:53,337 Always concerned for me. What would you have me do? 170 00:11:53,505 --> 00:11:55,297 -Deny him. -The son of the queen? 171 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:57,383 That is rumor alone, Henry. 172 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:58,967 Rumor? 173 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:03,305 All you have to do is look at Essex to see the queen's reflection. 174 00:12:03,473 --> 00:12:06,058 -Everyone thinks he's her son. -My lords. 175 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,561 And l, for one... 176 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:13,982 ...would rather bow to a Tudor, bastard though he may be, than a Scotsman. 177 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:17,861 My only desire is to see the next king be the rightful king. 178 00:12:18,029 --> 00:12:22,408 But what Essex contemplates will lead to civil war. No. 179 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,576 lf this is to be done... 180 00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:28,038 ...it must be done carefully. 181 00:12:33,128 --> 00:12:34,169 Tie her off there. 182 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:39,633 -l agree, my lord. -My Lord of Southampton. 183 00:12:41,845 --> 00:12:43,095 Sir Robert Cecil. 184 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:44,805 Have you seen Lord Essex? 185 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:47,391 He is in the viewing chamber with Her Majesty. 186 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:48,684 Alone? 187 00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:52,104 With your father in London dealing with troubles in lreland... 188 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,107 ...who else should the queen turn to but Essex? 189 00:12:59,362 --> 00:13:03,323 By the grace of God, Her Majesty, Elizabeth... 190 00:13:03,491 --> 00:13:07,870 ...Queen of England Wales and lreland. 191 00:13:09,414 --> 00:13:15,627 -Your Majesty. -Your Majesty. 192 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:21,633 -Your Majesty. -God bless Your Majesty. 193 00:13:22,719 --> 00:13:24,511 God bless Your Majesty. 194 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:31,101 Your Majesty, my Lord of Southampton has a gift for you. 195 00:13:31,728 --> 00:13:32,811 A gift? 196 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:36,899 Yes, Your Grace. Though not from me. 197 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:08,263 Are you the gift, my gracious little man? 198 00:14:08,431 --> 00:14:10,599 No, no, my most majestic Majesty. 199 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:14,520 l am a free man. My gift is a play. 200 00:14:14,812 --> 00:14:15,979 A play? 201 00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:18,565 Plays are the work of the devil... 202 00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:21,860 ...born from a cesspool of plague, whoredom, thievery... 203 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:24,905 ...fornication and heresy. 204 00:14:25,073 --> 00:14:28,367 -Tell your master that Her Majesty-- -Will gladly accept. 205 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:31,703 That is, of course, if Your Majesty so desires. 206 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,038 Comedy or tragedy? 207 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:36,208 -Comedy, Majesty. -Comedy. By whom? 208 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:39,586 By Anonymous, Your Majesty. 209 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:44,216 Anonymous. 210 00:14:47,011 --> 00:14:51,723 l so admire his verse. 211 00:14:53,184 --> 00:14:55,602 Lead us to this play. 212 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:06,071 The woosel cock so black of hue 213 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:09,741 With orange-tawny bill 214 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:11,243 The throstle-- 215 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:16,206 The throstle with his note so true 216 00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:19,167 The wren with little quill 217 00:15:22,338 --> 00:15:24,298 What angel... 218 00:15:24,465 --> 00:15:27,342 ...wakes me from my flow'ry bed? 219 00:15:27,510 --> 00:15:31,471 The finch, the sparrow and the lark 220 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:34,558 The plain-song cuckoo gray 221 00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:38,437 lf we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended. 222 00:15:40,064 --> 00:15:43,066 That you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear. 223 00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:47,070 And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream. 224 00:15:48,656 --> 00:15:53,243 Gentles, do not reprehend. lf you pardon, we will mend. 225 00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:55,746 So good night unto you all. 226 00:15:55,913 --> 00:15:58,123 Give me your hands, if we be friends... 227 00:15:58,416 --> 00:16:01,043 ...and Robin shall restore amends. 228 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:06,757 Wonderful, wonderful. 229 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:09,593 Most wonderful. 230 00:16:15,016 --> 00:16:18,185 lt was so funny. She really loved the donkey. 231 00:16:18,353 --> 00:16:21,605 Edward, Edward, when can we do it again? 232 00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:26,818 There he is. 233 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:30,614 Your father tells me you wrote this evening's play yourself. 234 00:16:30,782 --> 00:16:32,532 l did indeed, Your Majesty. 235 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:34,910 You sport with me. 236 00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:38,664 Compose something. 237 00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,832 -Now? -Yes, now. 238 00:16:41,417 --> 00:16:43,752 On what subject, Your Grace? 239 00:16:44,087 --> 00:16:45,921 On truth. 240 00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:49,925 For truth... 241 00:16:50,259 --> 00:16:51,927 ...is truth... 242 00:16:52,261 --> 00:16:54,888 ...though never so old... 243 00:16:55,056 --> 00:16:59,017 ...and time cannot make that false which once was true. 244 00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:03,855 My Lord of Oxford, it seems you have added a poet... 245 00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:05,982 ...to your family's line of warriors. 246 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:09,986 l am as accomplished with sword and musket as l am in verse. 247 00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:11,196 Are you indeed? 248 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:15,033 lt is my only desire to be Your Majesty's most trusted servant... 249 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:19,204 ...in matters both of war and state, if you will but have me. 250 00:17:19,622 --> 00:17:23,542 Why, Lord Cecil, we may very well have found your replacement. 251 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:26,336 We hope not too soon, Your Majesty. 252 00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:30,507 And what thought you of our young lord's play, William? 253 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:34,177 lf plays are indeed such a sin... 254 00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:38,724 ...l pray that l do not find my salvation until very late in life. 255 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:45,814 Jonson! 256 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:47,482 Benjamin Jonson! 257 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,905 You have been released. 258 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:01,246 Got powerful friends now, don't you? 259 00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:20,557 Ship oars! 260 00:18:33,321 --> 00:18:34,946 My lord. 261 00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:37,240 The Tudor rose. 262 00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:41,828 The most beautiful of flowers, do you not think? 263 00:18:41,996 --> 00:18:45,957 -l assume l owe my freedom to you. -That is true. 264 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:48,627 And it was hard to come by. 265 00:18:48,795 --> 00:18:51,797 One does not cross my father-in-law lightly. 266 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:53,757 Lord William Cecil. 267 00:18:55,092 --> 00:18:58,804 l have the questionable distinction to be married to his only daughter. 268 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:04,476 lt was helpful when l wrote to your jailers... 269 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:07,729 ...to release you in my father-in-law's name. 270 00:19:09,524 --> 00:19:12,108 My release was not officially sanctioned? 271 00:19:12,276 --> 00:19:17,030 Don't be an idiot. Of course it wasn't. But you are free, are you not? 272 00:19:22,453 --> 00:19:26,790 l enjoyed your little comedy, Jonson. You have great potential. 273 00:19:26,958 --> 00:19:27,999 Thank you, my lord. 274 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:31,044 But its politics did have quite an effect on the Tower. 275 00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:34,506 My father-in-law's men felt it quite seditious. 276 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:37,384 Politics. My play has nothing to do with politics. 277 00:19:37,552 --> 00:19:38,969 lt's just a simple comedy. 278 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:42,722 That showed your betters as fools who would barely get food... 279 00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:46,268 ...from plate to mouth without the cleverness of their servants. 280 00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:50,272 All art is political, Jonson. Otherwise, it would just be decoration. 281 00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:54,025 And all artists have something to say. Otherwise, they'd make shoes. 282 00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:56,862 And you are not a cobbler, are you, Jonson? 283 00:19:58,155 --> 00:19:59,865 Francesco? 284 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,037 A play, my lord. 285 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,373 One you shall stage Bankside. 286 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:10,208 Stage? 287 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,544 Under your name. 288 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:14,713 My name, my lord? 289 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:16,882 l can't very well use my name, can l? 290 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,717 l'm the 1 7th Earl of Oxford. 291 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,970 The Lord Great Chamberlain of England, Viscount Bolebec... 292 00:20:22,138 --> 00:20:25,223 ...Lord of Escales, Sanford and Badlesmere, etc. No. 293 00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:28,602 l have a reputation to protect. 294 00:20:29,687 --> 00:20:33,940 ln my world, one does not write plays, Jonson. 295 00:20:34,108 --> 00:20:35,317 People like you do. 296 00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:36,776 Yes, my lord. 297 00:20:36,944 --> 00:20:40,989 My lord, you wrote an entire play. l know how difficult that is. 298 00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:43,283 Not a play, Jonson. l've written many. 299 00:20:43,451 --> 00:20:46,161 No doubt many more than you yourself. 300 00:20:46,329 --> 00:20:50,582 A good number performed years ago, others never seen by a living soul. 301 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:55,086 And you want me to put my name to this play? 302 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:58,298 No, l mean you to put your name to all of them. 303 00:20:59,342 --> 00:21:01,134 -All of them? -Don't look at me... 304 00:21:01,302 --> 00:21:03,678 ...like l just gutted your pet dog. 305 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:05,847 l mean to make you the most popular... 306 00:21:06,015 --> 00:21:09,726 ...and therefore most monetarily successful playwright in London. 307 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:12,270 l wish you Godspeed and good morrow. 308 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:16,441 My lord, l really-- 309 00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:19,945 This is for your trouble, Signor Jonson. 310 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,613 And for your silence. 311 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:26,910 lf you break that silence, not so good for Signor Jonson. 312 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:32,040 Tell me about this play. 313 00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:36,211 lt was an anonymous gift. 314 00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:41,216 Essex insisted it be performed just to spite me in front of court. 315 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:43,635 Of course he did. What was it about? 316 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,972 Some nonsense about fairies and cherubs. 317 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:50,308 And dancing asses. 318 00:21:52,895 --> 00:21:56,940 Edward, our poet earl, has returned to court. 319 00:21:57,942 --> 00:21:59,567 Father... 320 00:22:00,277 --> 00:22:02,153 ...it was just a play. 321 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:05,281 Know how long it took to banish them from her presence? 322 00:22:05,449 --> 00:22:09,369 She adores them! And Edward knows it! 323 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:13,915 Mark my words, he has done this to spite us. 324 00:22:16,210 --> 00:22:21,172 Edward wishes to choose the next king. 325 00:22:22,425 --> 00:22:24,676 Haven't you convinced the Privy Council... 326 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:27,387 ...to crown James of Scotland the next king? 327 00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:29,848 Nobody has a better claim. 328 00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:32,308 Except one of Elizabeth's bastards. 329 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,186 You mean Essex. 330 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,232 He despises us. 331 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:43,695 We shall lose all of our royal licenses, our property! 332 00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:46,948 l shall convince her to send Essex to lreland... 333 00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:49,534 ...to quell the Catholic rebellion. 334 00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:52,370 Southampton will follow. 335 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:57,834 And if God is watching, neither will return alive. And if he is not.... 336 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:17,854 Robert! 337 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:22,692 Robert, come here! 338 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,240 l am sorry, my Lord of Oxford. 339 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:31,910 My son prefers the company of himself. 340 00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:35,914 May l present to you my wife... 341 00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:38,792 ...Lady Cecil, and my daughter, Anne? 342 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:42,045 l am sorry for your loss, my lord. 343 00:23:42,213 --> 00:23:45,090 The realm lost a great man with your father's death. 344 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,926 We hope you will be happy in our house. 345 00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:49,928 Are you going to live here forever? 346 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:53,598 No. Only until l reach my maturity. 347 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:57,435 -Why? -Because the queen has bade it so. 348 00:23:57,603 --> 00:23:59,229 My lord, when we first met... 349 00:23:59,396 --> 00:24:02,273 ...you said you wished to become a great man of state. 350 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,943 The queen and l hope to make that so. 351 00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:09,531 To that end, l have the honor of introducing you to your tutors. 352 00:24:09,698 --> 00:24:13,451 From 7 to 8, you will be tutored in French by Mr. Crane. 353 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:15,453 My Lord of Oxford. 354 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:20,083 Nine to 1 0 is Greek with Mr. Simmons. 355 00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,587 -ls that Homer? -No. Plato. 356 00:24:25,756 --> 00:24:28,883 -Then cosmography with Dr. Richards. -My lord. 357 00:24:29,051 --> 00:24:32,053 Two to 3 is geography and history. 358 00:24:32,221 --> 00:24:34,514 And 4 to 5, fencing. 359 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:37,475 And composition? Poetry? 360 00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:40,520 This is a Puritan home, my lord. 361 00:24:40,688 --> 00:24:43,940 We believe such activities to be the worship of false idols... 362 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:46,568 ...and therefore a sin before the eyes of God. 363 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:48,319 A sin? 364 00:24:48,529 --> 00:24:52,323 Surely there must be room for beauty and art in life, my lord? 365 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:55,493 Not in this household. 366 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,638 You were losing anyway. 367 00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:17,849 l was also winning. 368 00:25:20,561 --> 00:25:21,895 Really? 369 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:29,819 l think we can assume l've mastered the Punta Riversa. 370 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:32,822 Now l think we should move on to the Punta Sopramano. 371 00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:36,993 -Perchance with that, you will best me. -Yes, my lord. 372 00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:19,661 Apple for you, sir? There we are. 373 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,331 -Was it any good? -How should l know? 374 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:24,749 You haven't read it? 375 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,918 l promised l'd finish Eastward Ho. 376 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:30,755 He's a nobleman, you say? Well, is he powerful, rich? 377 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:35,343 Then you have to do it then, don't you? 378 00:26:38,222 --> 00:26:43,268 Will, l came to London to be a great and soaring poet. 379 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:46,604 To be the conscience of our times. The soul of the age. 380 00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:48,439 To change the world, not-- 381 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,525 Change the world? What, with rhyme? 382 00:26:50,693 --> 00:26:54,612 Yes. Why not? Why can't a man change the world with words? 383 00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:59,284 "l'll make you the richest and most popular playwright in London!" 384 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:03,162 Bollocks! l can do that myself, thank you very much! 385 00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:04,455 He's an amateur. 386 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,291 A complete and utter amateur. 387 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:09,544 Last week, gardening. This week, writing. Next, hawking. 388 00:27:09,712 --> 00:27:14,382 No. No, l won't do it. lt would be an affront against the Muses. 389 00:27:18,095 --> 00:27:21,055 How much money did you say he gave you? 390 00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:23,141 You think my name can be bought? 391 00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:27,270 No, no, no, not at all. No. 392 00:27:27,438 --> 00:27:31,274 l think we should keep your good name quite intact. 393 00:27:33,861 --> 00:27:38,197 King Philip of Spain sees the current Catholic revolt in lreland... 394 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:42,076 ...as a weakness of ours. 395 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:44,871 A weakness to be exploited. 396 00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:46,080 lreland? 397 00:27:46,457 --> 00:27:51,127 There are reports of his sending financial aid, even troops. 398 00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:56,007 We must act quickly. We must replace the Lord Lieutenant of lreland... 399 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:59,344 -...and send additional troops-- -Replace? 400 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:03,473 -With whom? -l would recommend... 401 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:05,892 ...his lordship... 402 00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:08,853 ...the Earl of Essex. 403 00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:13,524 No, that's impossible. He cannot be spared. 404 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,610 We value his counsel greatly. 405 00:28:15,778 --> 00:28:17,945 Essex's martial abilities are... 406 00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:21,657 ...in my opinion, the only antidote to the plague of Spain. 407 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:24,994 Essex could not, unfortunately... 408 00:28:25,162 --> 00:28:28,039 ...remain in the Privy Council while he is in lreland. 409 00:28:28,415 --> 00:28:30,875 And who would you advise to replace him? 410 00:28:31,251 --> 00:28:33,586 Sir Robert Cecil. 411 00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:35,546 Your son? 412 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:37,006 Yes. 413 00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:41,219 Though he is my own advisor first, Your Majesty, my son second. 414 00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:44,013 Yes. Yes, yes. 415 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:49,727 Very well. Send Essex... 416 00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:51,687 ...to lreland. 417 00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:54,649 And we will place Robert on our Privy Council. 418 00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:03,074 l saw a play this last weekend, William. 419 00:29:05,202 --> 00:29:06,536 lt made me think of... 420 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:10,581 ...many things long past. 421 00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:14,335 l'd like to see more of them. 422 00:29:18,048 --> 00:29:20,758 Has Edward been happy... 423 00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:22,760 ...William... 424 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,096 ...with your daughter? 425 00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:29,100 Murdered?! 426 00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:31,811 -By your own hand. -He was stealing my poems. 427 00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:34,230 -He was doing my bidding! -Yours? 428 00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:39,444 Of course! As soon as Robert told me you were ignoring my express orders-- 429 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:42,613 -Robert? Robert told? -Enough! 430 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:48,035 Thou shalt not worship false idols in my household. 431 00:29:48,203 --> 00:29:52,206 Your everlasting soul hangs in the balance, not poems. 432 00:29:52,374 --> 00:29:54,292 My poems are my soul! 433 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:59,922 You have placed me in a grave position, Edward. 434 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,551 l cannot have my reputation soiled... 435 00:30:03,719 --> 00:30:07,054 ...by this regrettable lack of control on your part. 436 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,602 We can claim self-defense. 437 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,105 He drew sword first. 438 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:20,193 But there is something l wish in return. 439 00:30:21,445 --> 00:30:25,406 My daughter is young and impressionable. 440 00:30:25,574 --> 00:30:27,450 She has feelings for you, Edward. 441 00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:32,455 lt is to be expected, living in such close quarters. 442 00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:36,334 Sir, for the last three years, you have seized much of my inheritance. 443 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:40,004 Hold your tongue, lest you make a claim you cannot retract. 444 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:44,050 l was legally reimbursed for your education and living expenses. 445 00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:48,971 You suggest you be reimbursed my estate through your daughter's bed! 446 00:30:49,139 --> 00:30:50,348 No. 447 00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:53,059 This is how l suggest... 448 00:30:53,227 --> 00:30:56,812 ...we keep your noble head from the executioner's block. 449 00:30:57,648 --> 00:31:02,193 --duly considering the causes for which matrimony was ordained. 450 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:05,279 One was the procreation of children... 451 00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:09,492 ...to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord and faith of God. 452 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:13,788 Secondly, for the mutual society, health and comfort... 453 00:31:13,956 --> 00:31:17,166 ...that the one ought to have of the other in prosperity... 454 00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:20,545 ...into the which holiest state these two persons... 455 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:23,297 ...here present come now to be joined. 456 00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:41,148 Henry the Fifth, by... 457 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:44,402 -...no one? -Why would any of you... 458 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:47,530 ...admit to trying to better me in historical drama? 459 00:31:47,698 --> 00:31:50,533 Comedy, yes. Tragedy, perhaps. 460 00:31:51,785 --> 00:31:56,581 Ben, waiting to see how it's received before you lay claim? 461 00:32:13,056 --> 00:32:15,850 O for a Muse of fire... 462 00:32:16,018 --> 00:32:19,395 ...that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention... 463 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:22,857 ...a kingdom for a stage, princes to act... 464 00:32:23,025 --> 00:32:26,736 ...and monarchs to behold the swelling scene! 465 00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:29,363 Then should the warlike Harry, like himself... 466 00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:32,700 ...assume the port of Mars, and at his heels... 467 00:32:32,868 --> 00:32:34,785 ...should famine, sword... 468 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:38,914 ...and fire crouch for employment. 469 00:32:39,082 --> 00:32:41,542 The flat unraised spirits... 470 00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:46,130 ...that have dared on this unworthy scaffold... 471 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:49,508 ...to bring forth so great an object: 472 00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:54,388 Can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? 473 00:32:54,556 --> 00:32:57,933 Or may we cram within this wooden O... 474 00:32:58,101 --> 00:33:00,770 ...the very casques that: 475 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:07,234 Suppose within the girdle of these walls... 476 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:10,738 ...are now confined two mighty monarchies... 477 00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:14,575 ...whose high, upreared and abutting fronts... 478 00:33:14,743 --> 00:33:17,495 ...the perilous narrow ocean parts asunder. 479 00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:20,164 Make way! 480 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:22,416 Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts. 481 00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:25,002 lnto a thousand parts divide one man... 482 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:30,341 ...and make imaginary puissance. Think when we talk of horses... 483 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:38,349 ...that you see them, printing their proud hoofs... 484 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:42,103 ...in the receiving earth. 485 00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:44,271 For 'tis... 486 00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:47,024 ...your thoughts... 487 00:33:47,192 --> 00:33:52,113 ...your thoughts that now must deck our kings. 488 00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:55,032 Make way! 489 00:33:58,286 --> 00:34:01,122 This story shall the good man teach his son. 490 00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:04,125 And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by... 491 00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:07,545 ...from this day to the ending of the world... 492 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:10,881 ...but we in it shall be remembered. 493 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:14,593 We few, we happy few... 494 00:34:14,761 --> 00:34:18,013 ...we band of brothers. 495 00:34:18,181 --> 00:34:20,933 For he today that sheds his blood with me... 496 00:34:21,101 --> 00:34:25,104 ...shall be my brother, be he ne'er so vile... 497 00:34:25,272 --> 00:34:28,816 ...this day shall gentle his condition. 498 00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:37,283 And gentlemen in England now a-bed... 499 00:34:37,451 --> 00:34:41,162 ...shall think themselves accursed they were not here! 500 00:34:41,329 --> 00:34:46,208 And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks... 501 00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:51,505 ...that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day! 502 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,514 My sovereign lord, bestow yourself with speed. 503 00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:02,933 The French are bravely in their battles set... 504 00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:05,352 ...and will with all expedience charge on us! 505 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,522 All things are ready, if our minds be so! 506 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:11,025 Perish the man whose mind is backward now! 507 00:35:11,193 --> 00:35:12,818 You know your places. 508 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,613 God be with you all! 509 00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:27,041 Francesco, do you see?! 510 00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:30,461 Do you see?! 511 00:35:34,758 --> 00:35:35,841 Kill the Frenchmen! 512 00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:37,676 Death to the French! 513 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:43,933 Down with the French! Down with the French! 514 00:35:47,437 --> 00:35:48,938 Your sword! 515 00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:51,357 We'll follow you! 516 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,293 Edward! 517 00:36:12,045 --> 00:36:14,380 William Cecil convinced the queen... 518 00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:17,132 ...that only Essex can save lreland from revolt. 519 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:19,301 l've pledged to go with him. 520 00:36:19,970 --> 00:36:23,138 l, for one, wish to see this anonymous colleague of ours. 521 00:36:24,474 --> 00:36:25,808 Playwright! 522 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:27,810 Playwright! Playwright! 523 00:36:27,978 --> 00:36:30,354 Playwright! Playwright! Playwright! 524 00:36:37,571 --> 00:36:40,698 -l ask for your blessing, Edward. -l cannot give it. 525 00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:44,285 lf he is to be my king, it is my duty to be with him in battle! 526 00:36:48,665 --> 00:36:50,207 Will? 527 00:36:56,298 --> 00:36:58,215 Sorry to disturb your entertainment! 528 00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:01,677 Henry! 529 00:37:02,095 --> 00:37:05,389 Thank you. And it's all written in verse! Thank you. 530 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:08,934 Got it, got it, got it! lt's just-- lt's just been.... 531 00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:12,062 Only-- l-- 532 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:15,316 l want to thank my actors... 533 00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:18,694 ...whose great, great acting... 534 00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:22,698 ...has brought my words to life... 535 00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:26,243 ...due to their most wonderful acting. 536 00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:29,872 And thank you! 537 00:37:42,469 --> 00:37:43,552 An actor! 538 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:45,596 An actor, for God's sake! 539 00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:49,183 -My lord, l thought that-- -You presume to think on my behalf? 540 00:37:49,476 --> 00:37:52,686 My lord, your voice is completely different from mine. 541 00:37:52,854 --> 00:37:57,066 Voice? You have no voice! That's why l chose you! 542 00:38:04,658 --> 00:38:06,367 You.... 543 00:38:07,243 --> 00:38:09,036 You at least kept my name from him? 544 00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:15,376 And will continue to do so? 545 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:13,350 A romantic tragedy. 546 00:39:13,977 --> 00:39:15,644 ln iambic pentameter. 547 00:39:19,232 --> 00:39:21,316 All of it? ls that possible? 548 00:39:21,484 --> 00:39:23,235 Of course it is. 549 00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:31,827 My lord. 550 00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:39,209 Will Shakespeare. 551 00:39:41,171 --> 00:39:42,671 William... 552 00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:44,339 ...Shake... 553 00:39:44,841 --> 00:39:46,467 ...Speare. 554 00:39:50,346 --> 00:39:52,097 My lady. 555 00:39:56,770 --> 00:40:00,189 Who was that man? l've seen him here before. 556 00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:05,069 Edward. 557 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:08,197 We must discuss our daughter's dowry. 558 00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:10,032 -Dowry? -She cannot marry... 559 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,869 ...without a dowry becoming to the daughter of the Earl of Oxford. 560 00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:16,330 l can give her Brooke House and 1 00 pounds. 561 00:40:16,498 --> 00:40:18,999 A hundred pounds, Father? Mother? 562 00:40:19,167 --> 00:40:21,335 That is all we have to give at the moment. 563 00:40:21,503 --> 00:40:22,544 Leave us, Bridget. 564 00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:28,926 Edward, our family... 565 00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,762 ...is in financial ruins, and you-- 566 00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:33,639 You... 567 00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:36,016 ...play the flute while Rome burns. 568 00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:39,228 Nero fiddled whilst Rome burned. 569 00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:41,396 My God. 570 00:40:42,732 --> 00:40:44,108 You're... 571 00:40:44,484 --> 00:40:45,776 ...writing again. 572 00:40:46,361 --> 00:40:47,486 After you promised. 573 00:40:47,654 --> 00:40:50,447 Anne, you should have seen them, the mob. 574 00:40:51,032 --> 00:40:53,784 They didn't sit there like the reptilia of court... 575 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:56,787 ...faces motionless, fangs momentarily retracted. 576 00:40:56,955 --> 00:40:59,873 No! They climbed the stage! They fought the French! 577 00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:02,793 Stop it! Stop this at once! 578 00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:06,588 Why must you write? 579 00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:10,175 Why must you continue to humiliate my family? 580 00:41:13,012 --> 00:41:14,972 The voices, Anne. 581 00:41:16,015 --> 00:41:19,101 The voices, l can't stop them. They come to me. 582 00:41:19,269 --> 00:41:22,771 When l sleep, when l wake, when l sup. When l walk down the hall. 583 00:41:22,939 --> 00:41:27,109 The sweet longings of a maiden, the surging ambitions of a courtier... 584 00:41:27,277 --> 00:41:30,487 ...the designs of a murderer, the pleas of his victims. 585 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:35,367 Only when l put their words, their voices, to parchment... 586 00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:37,661 ...are they cast loose, freed. 587 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:40,414 Only then is my mind quieted. 588 00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:43,458 At peace. 589 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:49,339 l would go mad if l didn't write down the voices. 590 00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:53,177 Are you possessed? 591 00:41:53,928 --> 00:41:55,596 Maybe l am. 592 00:41:57,599 --> 00:41:59,099 This is incredible, Ben! 593 00:41:59,267 --> 00:42:01,393 The whole bloody thing in verse. 594 00:42:01,561 --> 00:42:04,396 lt's really not that difficult if you try. 595 00:42:04,564 --> 00:42:06,815 Oh, and have you ever tried? 596 00:42:07,567 --> 00:42:08,984 But soft! 597 00:42:09,152 --> 00:42:11,570 What light through yonder window breaks? 598 00:42:12,071 --> 00:42:15,908 lt is the east, and Juliet is the sun. 599 00:42:18,411 --> 00:42:21,246 l'll have little trouble parting the legs of barmaids! 600 00:42:21,414 --> 00:42:23,123 You cannot play Romeo. 601 00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:26,043 What? Why not? l'm perfect for the role. 602 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:30,297 l will not let that oaf Spencer have another go at one of my roles! 603 00:42:30,465 --> 00:42:34,301 Only Will Shakespeare can pump the life into Romeo's veins. 604 00:42:34,469 --> 00:42:37,179 And his codpiece. No, Ben. 605 00:42:37,347 --> 00:42:40,599 Ben, l'm an actor. Every inch of me... 606 00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:43,894 ...right down to my very toes. l want to.... 607 00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:47,272 No, l crave to act. 608 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,691 So bloody well act like a writer. 609 00:42:49,859 --> 00:42:52,110 And, for God's sake, keep off the stage. 610 00:42:52,278 --> 00:42:54,780 Writers do not have time to act. 611 00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:06,708 What lady's that, which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight? 612 00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:08,752 l know not, sir. 613 00:43:12,674 --> 00:43:16,677 O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright. 614 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:20,013 lt seems she hangs upon the cheek of night... 615 00:43:20,181 --> 00:43:23,433 ...like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. 616 00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:28,605 Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. 617 00:43:28,773 --> 00:43:32,567 So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows... 618 00:43:32,735 --> 00:43:35,529 ...as yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. 619 00:43:35,697 --> 00:43:38,407 The measure done, l'll watch her place of stand... 620 00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:41,743 ...and, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. 621 00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:48,250 Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! 622 00:43:49,168 --> 00:43:53,422 For l ne'er saw true beauty till this night. 623 00:44:01,014 --> 00:44:02,264 My Lord of Oxford. 624 00:44:02,432 --> 00:44:04,308 -That's the Earl of Oxford. -Majesty. 625 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:08,478 -Yes, and doesn't he look handsome? -Most definitely. 626 00:44:09,397 --> 00:44:12,232 We very much liked your play tonight. 627 00:44:12,567 --> 00:44:15,569 Your young King Henry reminded us of you. 628 00:44:15,737 --> 00:44:17,321 Did he? 629 00:44:17,488 --> 00:44:19,489 Brash, yet brave. 630 00:44:20,241 --> 00:44:21,992 A boy and yet a man. 631 00:44:23,578 --> 00:44:25,454 Fair on the eyes. 632 00:44:26,581 --> 00:44:28,915 Fairer to the ear. 633 00:44:31,169 --> 00:44:34,504 We are glad of your return from the continent. 634 00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:39,259 Two years is too long without such excellent amusements. 635 00:44:50,271 --> 00:44:54,941 Had l known my absence would have caused Your Grace so much longing... 636 00:44:55,109 --> 00:44:58,612 ...l would have returned much, much sooner. 637 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:03,867 Your wife must be pleased to have you once more present at her side. 638 00:45:04,035 --> 00:45:05,869 lt is but a small comfort to me. 639 00:45:06,037 --> 00:45:09,539 l am returned only under my father-in-law's insistence. 640 00:45:19,801 --> 00:45:22,969 Cecil told me your match was one of love. 641 00:45:23,137 --> 00:45:24,971 So he would wish. 642 00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:31,478 But how could one love the moon after having seen the sun? 643 00:45:36,651 --> 00:45:41,154 Which country did you like the best on your travels, my lord? 644 00:45:41,322 --> 00:45:42,697 ltaly, Your Grace. 645 00:45:44,283 --> 00:45:47,411 ltaly. And why is that? 646 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,413 The weather? Or the food? 647 00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:52,040 No, no. Their theater... 648 00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:54,543 ...which they call la commedia dell'arte. 649 00:45:55,211 --> 00:45:56,545 And, of course... 650 00:45:57,213 --> 00:45:58,380 ...the women. 651 00:46:01,050 --> 00:46:03,009 The women? 652 00:46:03,177 --> 00:46:05,846 They were more clear... 653 00:46:08,057 --> 00:46:11,726 ...with their desires. When they want something, they take it. 654 00:46:12,895 --> 00:46:15,397 They do not wait to be taken. 655 00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:47,971 l can't decide. 656 00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:52,809 Are you Prince Hal? 657 00:46:54,979 --> 00:46:56,646 Or Romeo? 658 00:47:02,945 --> 00:47:07,782 No. 659 00:47:08,451 --> 00:47:09,576 You're Puck. 660 00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:12,787 -Puck? -Yes, Puck. 661 00:47:15,625 --> 00:47:18,502 Puck would never fight for you in the Netherlands. 662 00:47:20,046 --> 00:47:21,880 The Netherlands? 663 00:47:22,048 --> 00:47:23,548 Well, why not? 664 00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:28,386 lt's an open secret you support the rebels against Spain. 665 00:47:29,388 --> 00:47:32,474 You are commissioning Englishmen to help fight their cause. 666 00:47:32,642 --> 00:47:34,518 Spain's loss is England's gain. 667 00:47:34,977 --> 00:47:38,021 ls this why you bedded me? For a commission? 668 00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:40,857 -No, no, it's just-- -Leave me. 669 00:47:42,985 --> 00:47:47,906 How dare you? How dare you? l command you to leave my presence! 670 00:47:51,619 --> 00:47:53,537 O mistress mine... 671 00:47:56,749 --> 00:47:58,833 ...where are you roaming? 672 00:48:01,045 --> 00:48:02,879 O, stay... 673 00:48:03,881 --> 00:48:05,215 ...and hear... 674 00:48:06,592 --> 00:48:08,718 ...your true love's coming. 675 00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:12,180 That can kiss... 676 00:48:12,348 --> 00:48:14,224 ...both high... 677 00:48:15,309 --> 00:48:16,726 ...and low. 678 00:48:18,396 --> 00:48:21,731 No further, pretty sweeting. 679 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,736 Journeys end in lovers' meeting... 680 00:48:27,989 --> 00:48:30,657 ...every wise man's son doth know. 681 00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:34,411 What is love? 682 00:48:36,247 --> 00:48:37,998 'Tis not hereafter. 683 00:48:39,417 --> 00:48:43,420 Present mirth hath present laughter. 684 00:48:47,341 --> 00:48:49,593 What's to come is still unsure: 685 00:48:50,428 --> 00:48:53,638 ln delay there lies no plenty. 686 00:48:53,806 --> 00:48:55,181 Then come... 687 00:48:57,101 --> 00:48:58,768 ...kiss me... 688 00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:02,606 ...sweet and twenty. 689 00:49:05,109 --> 00:49:07,777 Youth's a stuff will not endure. 690 00:49:16,787 --> 00:49:19,289 You will stay in England... 691 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,708 ...and in my chambers. 692 00:49:21,876 --> 00:49:23,460 l could do it if l wanted to. 693 00:49:23,628 --> 00:49:24,794 Do what? 694 00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:28,131 A play in bic-- ln bia-- 695 00:49:29,050 --> 00:49:31,384 ln iambic pentameter. lt's not that hard. 696 00:49:31,552 --> 00:49:33,178 Think so? Have you ever tried? 697 00:49:33,346 --> 00:49:35,388 Of course not. But l could if l wanted. 698 00:49:35,556 --> 00:49:37,974 Well, it wasn't all in verse. 699 00:49:38,142 --> 00:49:40,477 You see? Even easier. 700 00:49:40,728 --> 00:49:44,814 Henslowe wants Romeo to run for a fortnight! A fortnight! 701 00:49:44,982 --> 00:49:48,652 lnnkeeper! Drinks for everybody! 702 00:49:48,819 --> 00:49:51,488 lnnkeeper! Billy! 703 00:49:51,656 --> 00:49:52,906 A fortnight? 704 00:49:53,074 --> 00:49:55,158 The maids love the romantic tragedies. 705 00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:57,994 Precisely why l avoid them. 706 00:49:58,162 --> 00:50:01,998 Oh, well, worry not. A one-trick pony. He'll never do it again. 707 00:50:08,297 --> 00:50:10,965 How have you made division of yourself? 708 00:50:11,384 --> 00:50:13,009 An apple, cleft in twain... 709 00:50:13,177 --> 00:50:17,514 ...is not more twin than these two creatures. Which is Sebastian? 710 00:50:17,682 --> 00:50:19,265 Most wonderful! 711 00:50:36,367 --> 00:50:39,202 -Great Caesar-- -Doth not Brutus bootless kneel? 712 00:50:39,370 --> 00:50:41,454 Speak, hands for me! 713 00:50:47,211 --> 00:50:50,880 Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar. 714 00:50:51,048 --> 00:50:52,966 Tyranny is dead! 715 00:50:53,134 --> 00:50:55,385 Freedom, liberty, and enfranchisement! 716 00:50:56,053 --> 00:50:58,304 -Death to tyranny! -Freedom! 717 00:50:58,472 --> 00:51:01,683 Yes! Freedom! Freedom! 718 00:51:04,228 --> 00:51:06,312 Liberty! 719 00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:11,067 -He was Scottish, wasn't he? -Yeah. 720 00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:15,405 Round about the cauldron go. 721 00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:18,908 ln the poison'd entrails throw. 722 00:51:20,578 --> 00:51:22,746 Toad, that under cold stone... 723 00:51:22,913 --> 00:51:25,749 ...days and nights has thirty-one. 724 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:32,422 Double, double, toil and trouble. 725 00:51:32,590 --> 00:51:34,424 Fire burn! 726 00:51:40,598 --> 00:51:42,682 Beware... 727 00:51:43,225 --> 00:51:47,061 ...of entrance to a quarrel, but being in... 728 00:51:47,229 --> 00:51:50,482 ...bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. 729 00:51:51,484 --> 00:51:55,278 Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. 730 00:51:55,446 --> 00:52:00,283 Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. 731 00:52:00,951 --> 00:52:04,704 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy... 732 00:52:04,872 --> 00:52:07,582 ...but not express'd in fancy: 733 00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:10,251 Rich, not gaudy. 734 00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:14,464 For the apparel oft proclaims the man. 735 00:52:14,632 --> 00:52:17,884 Come, come, and sit you down. You shall not budge! 736 00:52:20,638 --> 00:52:22,806 You go not till l set you up a glass... 737 00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:25,308 ...where you may see the inmost part of you. 738 00:52:25,476 --> 00:52:27,435 What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? 739 00:52:27,603 --> 00:52:30,647 -Help, help, ho! -What, ho! Help! 740 00:52:30,815 --> 00:52:34,567 How now! A rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead! 741 00:52:45,037 --> 00:52:46,371 l am slain! 742 00:52:46,539 --> 00:52:47,956 O me, what hast thou done? 743 00:52:48,123 --> 00:52:50,875 Nay, l know not. ls it the king? 744 00:52:52,378 --> 00:52:56,923 Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell! 745 00:52:57,091 --> 00:53:00,343 Not a day too soon for Cecil! 746 00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:23,950 To be, or not to be... 747 00:53:24,118 --> 00:53:25,952 ...that is the question. 748 00:53:29,039 --> 00:53:31,875 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer... 749 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:35,044 ...the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune... 750 00:53:35,212 --> 00:53:38,506 ...or to take arms against a sea of troubles... 751 00:53:38,674 --> 00:53:41,342 ...and by opposing end them. 752 00:53:43,137 --> 00:53:46,890 To die: to sleep, no more... 753 00:53:48,142 --> 00:53:52,061 ...and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache... 754 00:53:52,646 --> 00:53:56,733 ...and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. 755 00:53:56,901 --> 00:53:58,234 'Tis a consummation... 756 00:53:59,653 --> 00:54:02,155 ...devoutly to be wished. 757 00:54:02,323 --> 00:54:04,824 To die, to sleep... 758 00:54:05,576 --> 00:54:09,579 ...to sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub. 759 00:54:10,164 --> 00:54:13,458 For in that sleep of death what dreams may come... 760 00:54:13,626 --> 00:54:18,171 ...when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. 761 00:54:18,339 --> 00:54:24,052 There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life. 762 00:55:31,328 --> 00:55:34,664 -Give it good heat. -This hot enough? 763 00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:52,724 You're certain of this? William Cecil was murdered. 764 00:55:52,891 --> 00:55:55,018 Not literally, of course. 765 00:55:55,352 --> 00:55:57,395 He was a character. 766 00:55:58,022 --> 00:56:00,356 Fictional character. 767 00:56:00,524 --> 00:56:04,861 But the metaphor was clear for anyone to see. And see, they did. 768 00:56:05,029 --> 00:56:06,904 Will you shut it down? 769 00:56:07,948 --> 00:56:12,618 Your service to his lordship is once again greatly appreciated. 770 00:56:12,786 --> 00:56:17,290 He butchered you! Not only in front of court but the entire city as well! 771 00:56:17,458 --> 00:56:19,625 We must arrest this Shakespeare and-- 772 00:56:19,793 --> 00:56:22,128 No, Robert. 773 00:56:22,296 --> 00:56:25,423 lf he really is as popular as you say... 774 00:56:25,591 --> 00:56:27,717 ...we would only anger the mob. 775 00:56:27,885 --> 00:56:30,970 We cannot maintain authority if we are laughingstocks! 776 00:56:31,138 --> 00:56:35,349 Our authority comes from Elizabeth and from God. 777 00:56:36,143 --> 00:56:39,395 You must think more deeply, Robert. 778 00:56:39,563 --> 00:56:43,232 You must compensate for your malformations. 779 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:47,570 You must compensate with the gifts God did give you. 780 00:56:47,738 --> 00:56:50,823 With cunning. With ruthlessness. 781 00:56:53,410 --> 00:56:55,036 lt's from... 782 00:56:55,746 --> 00:56:59,499 ...King James of Scotland. 783 00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:07,298 James is aware of the queen's affections for Essex... 784 00:57:07,466 --> 00:57:11,094 ...and of the rumors of his birth, and he is justly concerned. 785 00:57:11,845 --> 00:57:13,679 You will write to James. 786 00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:18,267 You will tell him that l am gravely ill, but that all is in hand. 787 00:57:21,105 --> 00:57:23,439 And then tell him... 788 00:57:23,941 --> 00:57:29,028 ...Essex will not return from lreland alive. 789 00:57:30,781 --> 00:57:35,993 God does indeed require our help in this matter. 790 00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:39,705 This is how kings are made, my son. 791 00:57:40,707 --> 00:57:44,293 So it was with Elizabeth, so it shall ever be. 792 00:57:45,295 --> 00:57:50,967 James will expect you to do the same for him and he will reward you for it. 793 00:57:53,053 --> 00:57:54,804 But we must... 794 00:57:54,972 --> 00:57:57,974 ...do one thing more. 795 00:58:00,644 --> 00:58:02,478 Like Essex... 796 00:58:03,147 --> 00:58:06,983 ...Edward must be removed. 797 00:58:07,568 --> 00:58:09,610 -Edward? -You must bribe someone. 798 00:58:09,778 --> 00:58:11,904 His fencing master, perhaps. 799 00:58:12,072 --> 00:58:15,825 Promise him a fortune if he kills him. 800 00:58:16,785 --> 00:58:18,703 l am with child. 801 00:58:18,871 --> 00:58:20,329 Are you certain? 802 00:58:20,497 --> 00:58:23,332 Two cycles have passed, my lord. 803 00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:26,669 -And l wish to marry him. -Marry him? 804 00:58:27,087 --> 00:58:30,006 Your Grace, he is already married. 805 00:58:30,174 --> 00:58:33,301 l can do what l want. 806 00:58:33,468 --> 00:58:35,178 Can you? 807 00:58:36,013 --> 00:58:39,307 Most of the Catholic princes of Europe seek to topple you... 808 00:58:39,474 --> 00:58:43,186 ...and end your Protestant reign. All that stop them are the Channel... 809 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:46,981 ...and the hope they marry you and end your realm by other means. 810 00:58:47,149 --> 00:58:49,025 l love him! 811 00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:55,198 Would you risk your throne for him? 812 00:58:56,450 --> 00:58:58,951 Would you risk England for him? 813 00:59:00,454 --> 00:59:04,207 We must do as we have done before. You must go on progress... 814 00:59:04,374 --> 00:59:08,169 ...somewhere isolated, accompanied by only those whom you most trust. 815 00:59:08,545 --> 00:59:13,299 After the birth, l shall find a suitable house for the child to be reared in. 816 00:59:14,051 --> 00:59:15,551 And Edward? 817 00:59:18,347 --> 00:59:20,348 He must never know. 818 00:59:28,899 --> 00:59:30,524 What have you done? 819 00:59:31,193 --> 00:59:32,526 l am praying. 820 00:59:32,694 --> 00:59:34,403 She will not see me! 821 00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:38,032 l've gone to her, she will not receive me, and now she's gone! 822 00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,034 She is on progress. 823 00:59:40,244 --> 00:59:41,577 Where? 824 00:59:42,496 --> 00:59:44,205 Where did she go? 825 00:59:45,415 --> 00:59:46,791 What did you say to her? 826 00:59:46,959 --> 00:59:49,752 She does not ask my advice on matters of the heart. 827 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,088 lf she did, she would not have chosen you. 828 00:59:52,256 --> 00:59:54,423 You must've known she would go elsewhere. 829 00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:57,426 You're neither the first nor the last of her lovers! 830 00:59:58,428 --> 01:00:01,430 Go back to my daughter, Edward. 831 01:00:02,849 --> 01:00:05,851 She will accept you with open arms. 832 01:00:07,521 --> 01:00:09,939 Behave as your great title demands you behave. 833 01:00:10,107 --> 01:00:13,067 Tend to your estates, your investments. 834 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,696 And make me a grandson. 835 01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:20,283 An heir. 836 01:00:34,256 --> 01:00:37,591 lt's difficult to write, is it not? 837 01:00:37,759 --> 01:00:40,219 After something like Hamlet? 838 01:00:40,721 --> 01:00:42,388 lt eats at you. 839 01:00:42,764 --> 01:00:44,557 At your soul. 840 01:00:47,144 --> 01:00:50,771 Why do you think Will hasn't been arrested? 841 01:00:52,232 --> 01:00:55,526 He murders a caricature of old William Cecil himself... 842 01:00:55,694 --> 01:00:59,405 ...and still whores it all the way to Westminster and back. 843 01:00:59,573 --> 01:01:03,159 -Perhaps they haven't noticed. -l made sure they did. 844 01:01:03,994 --> 01:01:06,662 You informed on one of your own? To the Tower? 845 01:01:07,289 --> 01:01:08,956 Watch who you judge, Ben. 846 01:01:09,124 --> 01:01:13,669 We do what we have to to survive and survive well in this life. All of us. 847 01:01:14,171 --> 01:01:16,630 And Will is definitely not one of us. 848 01:01:19,843 --> 01:01:23,471 You know he's illiterate, don't you? 849 01:01:23,847 --> 01:01:27,600 Oh, he can read well enough. How else could he learn his lines? 850 01:01:27,934 --> 01:01:32,355 But the man never actually learned to form his letters. 851 01:01:33,023 --> 01:01:35,483 So who did write Hamlet? 852 01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:38,444 A nobleman. 853 01:01:38,612 --> 01:01:43,908 Yes, but which? You know, don't you, Ben? 854 01:01:44,451 --> 01:01:46,410 Careful, Kit. 855 01:01:47,287 --> 01:01:49,538 You sound like one of your plays. 856 01:01:55,212 --> 01:01:58,214 Ben! Tell me. We can go to him together. 857 01:01:58,715 --> 01:02:00,049 Guarantee his anonymity. 858 01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:03,010 For a price. 859 01:02:03,178 --> 01:02:07,807 You reported on me as well, didn't you, Kit? 860 01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:09,725 Last year. For Every Man. 861 01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,521 That's why l was arrested. Wasn't it? 862 01:02:13,980 --> 01:02:16,148 l had nothing to do with that. 863 01:02:16,316 --> 01:02:19,068 Ben. l'll just go to Will. 864 01:02:19,236 --> 01:02:22,905 And he'll tell me because he has so much more to lose than you. 865 01:02:24,658 --> 01:02:27,410 And you'll profit nothing from it. 866 01:02:27,953 --> 01:02:29,078 Nothing. 867 01:02:36,461 --> 01:02:38,671 Rebels have stripped the northern borders. 868 01:02:39,089 --> 01:02:44,093 Then we must march south and take Cahir Castle. 869 01:02:45,220 --> 01:02:47,763 My lord, it is a well-defended fortress. 870 01:02:47,931 --> 01:02:49,306 Holy Mary, mother of God. 871 01:02:49,474 --> 01:02:52,935 A thousand men, maybe more. We cannot attack such a force. 872 01:02:53,103 --> 01:02:57,690 So, what would you have me do? Spend the entire spring encamped? 873 01:02:58,066 --> 01:03:02,278 l am sent to lreland to end this infernal rebellion, not to idle-- 874 01:03:02,446 --> 01:03:03,612 Robert! 875 01:03:12,038 --> 01:03:14,081 Must have been a cutpurse. 876 01:03:14,249 --> 01:03:17,835 Nowhere is bloody safe anymore, l'll tell you that. 877 01:03:18,128 --> 01:03:19,462 What's happened? 878 01:03:19,796 --> 01:03:21,130 Dead body. 879 01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:24,467 Now my tooth hurts. 880 01:03:26,803 --> 01:03:30,055 The stench. He's done. 881 01:03:31,766 --> 01:03:34,059 -lt's that playwright. -Kit Marlowe. 882 01:03:34,227 --> 01:03:36,312 -lt's not right. -No, it's not. 883 01:03:57,626 --> 01:03:59,001 What's going on, Beaulieu? 884 01:04:07,177 --> 01:04:08,761 Stop it! 885 01:04:09,346 --> 01:04:10,888 Beaulieu! 886 01:04:53,306 --> 01:04:54,557 Francesco. 887 01:04:55,058 --> 01:04:56,725 He tried to kill me. 888 01:04:58,061 --> 01:05:01,355 The mighty Sampson! 889 01:05:01,523 --> 01:05:04,733 What a beast! Have you seen his claws? 890 01:05:04,901 --> 01:05:06,569 l need more money. 891 01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:09,572 You already make more than any playwright Bankside. 892 01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:14,827 l want to build my own theater. One that properly fits the scale of my work. 893 01:05:14,995 --> 01:05:16,912 A theater? For your work? 894 01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:19,999 l've found someone who will make me a coat of arms... 895 01:05:20,166 --> 01:05:22,751 -...and change the Stratford lists. -lmpossible. 896 01:05:22,919 --> 01:05:24,878 Eight shillings on six dogs! 897 01:05:25,046 --> 01:05:27,590 l'll take that bet. Eight shillings on the bear. 898 01:05:28,091 --> 01:05:30,175 That's a terrible bet, Ben! 899 01:05:30,343 --> 01:05:34,346 Make do with what you've got, Will. l won't be your beggar. 900 01:05:34,514 --> 01:05:38,601 Oh, no. This isn't a request, Ben. l'll have more money. 901 01:05:38,768 --> 01:05:42,521 Or what? You'll slit my throat, like you did Kit's? 902 01:05:43,523 --> 01:05:47,443 l know he went to you last night and was planning to expose you... 903 01:05:47,611 --> 01:05:50,321 -...if you didn't agree to his terms. -You're mad. 904 01:05:50,488 --> 01:05:52,364 So terrifying! 905 01:05:52,532 --> 01:05:53,949 Be careful, Will. 906 01:05:54,117 --> 01:05:58,078 Kill me off, you won't have any good plays to act in after this is done. 907 01:05:58,580 --> 01:06:00,080 l'll have my guineas, Ben. 908 01:06:00,248 --> 01:06:01,457 One way or another... 909 01:06:02,626 --> 01:06:06,754 -...l will have my guineas. -Unleash the dogs! 910 01:06:10,133 --> 01:06:12,051 Go on, bear! 911 01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:18,766 Thank you. Drink up, Francesco. Another one where that came from. 912 01:06:21,227 --> 01:06:22,811 Francesco? 913 01:06:23,563 --> 01:06:24,813 Two this time. 914 01:06:25,148 --> 01:06:27,399 -When shall l return? -ln a fortnight. 915 01:06:43,833 --> 01:06:44,917 Over there. 916 01:06:45,085 --> 01:06:47,670 Just pull in there. 917 01:06:48,296 --> 01:06:49,505 -Listen. -Yes, master. 918 01:06:49,673 --> 01:06:52,257 -When you cut my roses, be gentle. -Yes, master. 919 01:06:55,136 --> 01:06:56,804 Yes, master. 920 01:07:08,358 --> 01:07:09,483 My lord. 921 01:07:13,697 --> 01:07:17,074 So you are the famous William Shakespeare... 922 01:07:17,242 --> 01:07:20,035 ...whose labors l have so enjoyed. 923 01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:24,540 l am at your service, sir. 924 01:07:24,708 --> 01:07:27,209 -l need more money. -l beg your pardon? 925 01:07:27,377 --> 01:07:30,879 My lord, my expenses have enlarged. 926 01:07:32,132 --> 01:07:34,633 Aggrandized. Since all this began. 927 01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:38,220 -Aggrandized? -Yeah, aggrandized. And... 928 01:07:39,514 --> 01:07:44,226 ...if your lordship does not agree to an increase in my fee... 929 01:07:44,728 --> 01:07:49,064 ...then l shall be forced to make certain facts public. 930 01:07:49,232 --> 01:07:52,192 Hey. Have you any idea to whom you are speaking? 931 01:07:53,737 --> 01:07:55,696 l am addressing the writer of Hamlet. 932 01:07:57,907 --> 01:08:01,243 And of Juliet and her Romeo. Am l not? 933 01:08:02,162 --> 01:08:04,580 Out. Get out. 934 01:08:05,331 --> 01:08:06,415 As you wish. 935 01:08:08,918 --> 01:08:10,252 My lord. 936 01:08:14,424 --> 01:08:16,049 Wait. 937 01:08:16,217 --> 01:08:17,384 How much? 938 01:08:19,596 --> 01:08:21,430 Four hundred pounds. 939 01:08:22,599 --> 01:08:24,266 A year. 940 01:08:27,270 --> 01:08:28,687 No, pay him. 941 01:08:33,943 --> 01:08:35,277 Come. 942 01:08:48,875 --> 01:08:50,459 ls this wise? 943 01:08:51,211 --> 01:08:53,504 They have already tried to kill you once. 944 01:08:53,671 --> 01:08:55,339 Wisdom... 945 01:08:55,965 --> 01:09:01,136 ...Francesco, is a quality l have unfortunately never possessed. 946 01:09:23,326 --> 01:09:27,162 Edward? You know l will have to leave court soon. 947 01:09:35,797 --> 01:09:38,966 She will be furious if she finds out about this. 948 01:09:39,425 --> 01:09:40,676 She abandoned me. 949 01:09:41,469 --> 01:09:42,845 She still loves you. 950 01:09:43,680 --> 01:09:45,264 No, she doesn't. 951 01:09:48,518 --> 01:09:49,935 You don't know... 952 01:09:50,353 --> 01:09:51,854 ...do you? 953 01:09:54,107 --> 01:09:55,816 The queen... 954 01:09:57,026 --> 01:09:58,443 ...she had your child. 955 01:10:19,966 --> 01:10:23,385 My Lady of Oxford, welcome home. 956 01:10:39,569 --> 01:10:41,737 I cannot be certain, Your Majesty... 957 01:10:42,071 --> 01:10:44,031 ...when the relationship began. 958 01:10:44,824 --> 01:10:47,242 But sometime soon after your return to court. 959 01:10:47,535 --> 01:10:49,411 You are sure? 960 01:10:50,413 --> 01:10:53,248 They have not been very discreet. 961 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:58,420 There is more, Your Majesty. 962 01:11:01,257 --> 01:11:04,676 The lady is pregnant. 963 01:11:08,681 --> 01:11:10,349 Arrest them. 964 01:11:12,018 --> 01:11:13,936 Arrest them both. 965 01:11:19,651 --> 01:11:21,610 -What is the meaning of this? -Edward! 966 01:11:21,778 --> 01:11:23,445 Unhand me! Bessie! 967 01:11:23,863 --> 01:11:25,238 -Edward! -Bessie! 968 01:11:25,782 --> 01:11:26,865 Edward! 969 01:11:39,545 --> 01:11:42,714 Your whore gave birth last week. 970 01:11:48,137 --> 01:11:51,723 The queen has decided to release you. 971 01:11:52,725 --> 01:11:56,895 Time does indeed, it seems, heal all wounds. 972 01:11:57,730 --> 01:11:59,856 Here are the conditions for your release. 973 01:12:00,024 --> 01:12:03,902 One, you will not acknowledge the child. 974 01:12:04,070 --> 01:12:06,697 Two, you will never see the mother again. 975 01:12:06,864 --> 01:12:10,200 Three, you will avoid court at all costs. 976 01:12:10,368 --> 01:12:13,286 Her Majesty would prefer never to be reminded of you... 977 01:12:13,454 --> 01:12:16,123 ...in any way ever again. 978 01:12:16,290 --> 01:12:17,332 Banished. 979 01:12:17,583 --> 01:12:22,337 No, you have the freedom of the kingdom, just not of the court. 980 01:12:22,588 --> 01:12:24,506 Those are her terms. Here are mine. 981 01:12:24,674 --> 01:12:28,301 Go back to my daughter. Make some effort to make her happy. 982 01:12:28,469 --> 01:12:30,971 Finally act according to your station in life... 983 01:12:31,139 --> 01:12:35,225 ...and accept the responsibilities of your great title. 984 01:12:39,772 --> 01:12:40,939 My lord? 985 01:12:41,357 --> 01:12:43,358 l, too, have a condition. 986 01:12:48,156 --> 01:12:50,699 l will go back to your daughter... 987 01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:54,244 ...if you tell me the name of the child. 988 01:12:56,539 --> 01:12:59,458 l do not think the whore has named the bastard. 989 01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:00,876 No. 990 01:13:01,544 --> 01:13:02,627 The other one. 991 01:13:07,133 --> 01:13:09,217 The other one? 992 01:13:12,388 --> 01:13:14,014 Who told you? 993 01:13:14,807 --> 01:13:16,975 l will go back to your daughter. 994 01:13:17,894 --> 01:13:22,522 l will give you as many grandchildren as she can bear, or l can remain here. 995 01:13:22,690 --> 01:13:25,317 There is no record of the true birth... 996 01:13:25,485 --> 01:13:29,988 ...nor any trail that leads back to you or the queen. The foster parents... 997 01:13:30,156 --> 01:13:32,741 ...never knew the truth and both now are dead. 998 01:13:32,909 --> 01:13:34,743 The name. 999 01:13:36,496 --> 01:13:39,414 Make even a hint of this to the child or anyone else... 1000 01:13:39,582 --> 01:13:42,626 ...and this agreement is void, and l will see your head... 1001 01:13:42,794 --> 01:13:45,587 ...and the head of the boy on the block! 1002 01:13:47,340 --> 01:13:49,174 So it's a boy. 1003 01:13:52,929 --> 01:13:55,597 Good. Sword up. Again. 1004 01:14:02,688 --> 01:14:05,482 Keep it high. Mind your knee. Straight. 1005 01:14:05,650 --> 01:14:08,485 Hello. 1006 01:14:08,653 --> 01:14:12,114 -My lord. -l'm Edward, the Earl of Oxford. 1007 01:14:12,532 --> 01:14:13,865 My lord. 1008 01:14:14,367 --> 01:14:16,118 They say you're an earl as well. 1009 01:14:16,369 --> 01:14:18,703 l am the Earl of Southampton. 1010 01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:25,585 Well, then. We shall be earls together, shall we not? 1011 01:14:32,301 --> 01:14:37,305 ln the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth... 1012 01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:39,266 ...for from it wast thou taken... 1013 01:14:39,809 --> 01:14:45,397 ...because thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return. 1014 01:14:51,654 --> 01:14:53,613 We wish to recall Essex. 1015 01:14:53,781 --> 01:14:58,326 We feel a terrible void without your father. 1016 01:14:58,494 --> 01:15:00,954 A wise decision, Your Majesty. 1017 01:15:01,122 --> 01:15:04,583 lt will give him an opportunity to respond to these reports. 1018 01:15:05,835 --> 01:15:09,963 They say Essex is in peace negotiations with Philip of Spain. 1019 01:15:10,131 --> 01:15:12,299 Yes. Yes, yes, yes. 1020 01:15:13,176 --> 01:15:15,343 And that Essex has promised Philip... 1021 01:15:15,970 --> 01:15:17,971 ...all of Catholic lreland in return. 1022 01:15:18,139 --> 01:15:20,515 ln return for what? 1023 01:15:20,683 --> 01:15:24,811 Spain's support of Essex's claim to the throne of England. 1024 01:15:26,105 --> 01:15:27,856 lt is, as of yet... 1025 01:15:28,024 --> 01:15:29,858 ...just rumor. 1026 01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:33,862 Bring Essex back to London, William. 1027 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:36,865 Robert, Majesty. 1028 01:15:38,701 --> 01:15:43,288 My father's death has been a great loss for us all, Your Majesty. 1029 01:15:45,374 --> 01:15:48,293 A curse on you, Robert Cecil! 1030 01:15:48,461 --> 01:15:49,961 Leave the people alone! 1031 01:15:50,129 --> 01:15:51,504 Down with the hunchback! 1032 01:15:56,385 --> 01:15:58,220 See that it's done. 1033 01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:09,731 My lord. From the queen. 1034 01:16:28,501 --> 01:16:32,379 lt's Robert Cecil. He failed to kill you, now he tries to kill your name. 1035 01:16:33,005 --> 01:16:35,340 l must speak to her. Myself. 1036 01:16:36,092 --> 01:16:38,051 We leave with the tide. 1037 01:16:38,552 --> 01:16:41,096 Boys! My boys! 1038 01:16:42,515 --> 01:16:43,848 l've got it. 1039 01:16:45,434 --> 01:16:48,103 The herald just finished it about an hour ago. 1040 01:16:48,271 --> 01:16:50,522 -What do you think? -lt's quite colorful? 1041 01:16:51,357 --> 01:16:53,692 Well, what in God's name is it? 1042 01:16:53,859 --> 01:16:55,026 My coat of arms. 1043 01:16:56,028 --> 01:16:59,322 lt cost a fortune, but you can call me a gentleman now! 1044 01:16:59,490 --> 01:17:02,284 l can't quite make out the motto. 1045 01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:10,542 -"Not Without...." -Right. 1046 01:17:12,795 --> 01:17:14,629 "Not without right"? 1047 01:17:15,047 --> 01:17:16,464 You.... 1048 01:17:16,799 --> 01:17:19,009 You went to him, didn't you? 1049 01:17:19,302 --> 01:17:23,305 -You lying knave. You went to him. -Can l get you a drink? Billy! 1050 01:17:23,472 --> 01:17:25,473 Will isn't even a writer. 1051 01:17:25,641 --> 01:17:27,642 -He can't even-- -Yeah, all right. 1052 01:17:27,810 --> 01:17:29,894 No, get-- Unhand me! 1053 01:17:30,062 --> 01:17:33,773 Here! 1054 01:17:34,942 --> 01:17:35,984 A quill? 1055 01:17:40,406 --> 01:17:42,574 Write something for us. 1056 01:17:42,742 --> 01:17:45,410 Amaze us with your verse. 1057 01:17:45,578 --> 01:17:47,746 Your wit. 1058 01:17:47,913 --> 01:17:49,956 No? Well.... 1059 01:17:50,124 --> 01:17:53,418 Try astounding us with the letter E. 1060 01:17:54,503 --> 01:17:56,421 Or an l? 1061 01:17:57,256 --> 01:17:59,257 lt's just a straight line. 1062 01:18:10,519 --> 01:18:12,437 Well, you haven't got any ink. 1063 01:18:44,512 --> 01:18:45,553 My lords-- 1064 01:18:45,721 --> 01:18:47,847 -Wait for me! -Please, my lords! 1065 01:18:50,810 --> 01:18:51,851 Your Majesty. 1066 01:18:52,686 --> 01:18:54,187 Are you--? 1067 01:18:56,732 --> 01:18:58,566 Get out. Get out. 1068 01:18:59,318 --> 01:19:00,902 -Get out! -Get out! 1069 01:19:08,244 --> 01:19:11,413 He burst in! Armed. 1070 01:19:15,084 --> 01:19:17,585 ls it an uprising? ls it a revolt? 1071 01:19:17,753 --> 01:19:21,297 -Shall l order his arrest, Majesty? -Yes, yes. No, no. 1072 01:19:21,465 --> 01:19:24,300 l don't know. l don't know. 1073 01:19:24,927 --> 01:19:27,095 What does he want? 1074 01:19:32,601 --> 01:19:34,310 Has he gone mad? 1075 01:19:34,478 --> 01:19:35,770 No. 1076 01:19:35,938 --> 01:19:39,732 Unfortunately for us, Your Majesty, he is quite sane. 1077 01:19:41,110 --> 01:19:44,737 He simply believes he is your royal equal. 1078 01:20:05,468 --> 01:20:07,760 Edward! Halt! 1079 01:20:09,138 --> 01:20:11,473 Edward, thank God you're here. 1080 01:20:12,975 --> 01:20:16,144 Elizabeth has revoked all of his royal licenses. 1081 01:20:16,312 --> 01:20:20,773 Confiscated his property. She believes every lie Cecil tells about him. 1082 01:20:21,901 --> 01:20:25,153 Fight him in London and you prove true... 1083 01:20:25,321 --> 01:20:29,282 ...every rumor and every lie Cecil has ever told. 1084 01:20:29,450 --> 01:20:32,202 Then what do you suggest l do?! 1085 01:20:32,995 --> 01:20:35,497 -Let myself be arrested? -No. 1086 01:20:36,832 --> 01:20:38,458 No. 1087 01:20:39,168 --> 01:20:41,461 l will visit Elizabeth myself. 1088 01:20:42,379 --> 01:20:43,421 Alone. 1089 01:20:44,423 --> 01:20:45,965 How? 1090 01:20:46,592 --> 01:20:49,844 Cecil will not let her see a letter without reading it first. 1091 01:20:50,012 --> 01:20:52,096 l will not send a letter. 1092 01:20:54,683 --> 01:20:56,851 l will send a book. 1093 01:20:59,271 --> 01:21:00,605 She will call for me. 1094 01:21:01,774 --> 01:21:05,443 While l am with her, you will come not with an army or swords... 1095 01:21:05,611 --> 01:21:07,362 ...but with her loyal subjects. 1096 01:21:09,114 --> 01:21:11,991 The tinkers, the cobblers, the bricklayers of London. 1097 01:21:12,159 --> 01:21:14,994 A mob. All of them, all of them... 1098 01:21:15,162 --> 01:21:19,207 ...calling for Robert Cecil to be banished from the court. 1099 01:21:22,127 --> 01:21:23,461 Words. 1100 01:21:25,631 --> 01:21:29,717 Words will prevail with Elizabeth. 1101 01:21:30,469 --> 01:21:31,803 Not swords. 1102 01:21:31,971 --> 01:21:34,722 And how do you suggest l raise this mob? 1103 01:21:35,474 --> 01:21:37,642 Leave that to me. 1104 01:22:02,001 --> 01:22:03,585 Oh, Will, Will! 1105 01:22:07,256 --> 01:22:08,339 Hey! 1106 01:22:09,675 --> 01:22:12,010 Hold your tongue, putana, and get out. 1107 01:22:12,177 --> 01:22:13,636 Out. 1108 01:22:14,430 --> 01:22:16,639 Who's gonna pay me, then? 1109 01:22:20,227 --> 01:22:22,562 What's all this about? 1110 01:22:24,398 --> 01:22:28,610 Begin rehearsals immediately. lt must not be performed until l tell you... 1111 01:22:28,777 --> 01:22:31,112 ...and you may only have a day's notice. 1112 01:22:32,239 --> 01:22:35,908 Well, that will be expensive, keeping all the actors ready... 1113 01:22:36,076 --> 01:22:38,411 ...and having props made cheaply. All right. 1114 01:22:39,788 --> 01:22:41,623 Oh, and congratulations. 1115 01:22:44,084 --> 01:22:46,294 You've had a poem published today. 1116 01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:48,463 Published? 1117 01:22:48,922 --> 01:22:51,466 What, do you mean like in a book? 1118 01:23:00,309 --> 01:23:02,143 She trembles at his tale 1119 01:23:02,645 --> 01:23:06,314 And on his neck Her yoking arms she throws: 1120 01:23:07,816 --> 01:23:11,319 She sinketh down Still hanging by his neck 1121 01:23:11,487 --> 01:23:14,113 He on her belly falls 1122 01:23:14,281 --> 01:23:17,659 She on her back. 1123 01:23:18,118 --> 01:23:19,827 l like this. 1124 01:23:20,496 --> 01:23:25,333 'Fondling,' she saith, 'I'll be a park And thou shalt be my deer 1125 01:23:25,501 --> 01:23:27,669 Feed where thou wilt....' 1126 01:23:27,836 --> 01:23:31,339 Seeds spring from seeds And beauty breedeth beauty 1127 01:23:31,507 --> 01:23:33,341 Thou wast begot 1128 01:23:33,509 --> 01:23:35,968 To beget is thy duty. 1129 01:23:36,136 --> 01:23:40,431 By law of nature Thou art bound to breed-- 1130 01:23:56,281 --> 01:23:57,699 Majesty. 1131 01:24:00,869 --> 01:24:02,537 How do you find me? 1132 01:24:04,289 --> 01:24:05,623 You.... 1133 01:24:06,959 --> 01:24:09,794 You are the sun, Majesty. 1134 01:24:11,130 --> 01:24:13,840 -The glory-- -Liar. 1135 01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:18,136 lt is hard to believe that once l was young. 1136 01:24:19,138 --> 01:24:21,431 l was beautiful. 1137 01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:24,809 Your father knew me as such. 1138 01:24:26,854 --> 01:24:28,396 Have you read... 1139 01:24:28,564 --> 01:24:30,231 ...the book? 1140 01:24:31,900 --> 01:24:33,401 He writes to me. 1141 01:24:33,569 --> 01:24:37,405 To remind me of that beauty. That love. 1142 01:24:38,907 --> 01:24:42,410 How l took him. How l adored him. 1143 01:24:44,747 --> 01:24:47,582 Did your father tell you of the child? 1144 01:24:49,877 --> 01:24:52,044 Which one, Your Majesty? 1145 01:24:53,088 --> 01:24:55,089 Edward's and mine. 1146 01:24:56,592 --> 01:24:58,092 He still lives? 1147 01:25:00,929 --> 01:25:03,598 ls he well placed? A nobleman? 1148 01:25:04,558 --> 01:25:07,059 Yes, Your Majesty. 1149 01:25:07,227 --> 01:25:08,811 Who? 1150 01:25:09,396 --> 01:25:12,982 l am your queen. Who is my son? 1151 01:25:14,401 --> 01:25:17,737 The Earl of Southampton, Your Majesty. 1152 01:25:20,073 --> 01:25:23,785 Majesty, you are not having doubts about James of Scotland-- 1153 01:25:23,952 --> 01:25:25,620 James. 1154 01:25:27,748 --> 01:25:29,499 The son of Mary. 1155 01:25:29,666 --> 01:25:32,126 She tried to take my throne. 1156 01:25:33,253 --> 01:25:35,922 No son of hers will ever rule. 1157 01:25:36,924 --> 01:25:41,260 l'll decide what is best for my people. Not you. 1158 01:25:42,429 --> 01:25:44,806 l have bid Edward to come to me... 1159 01:25:44,973 --> 01:25:48,434 ...when l return to London on Monday next. lt is decided. 1160 01:26:02,324 --> 01:26:06,077 And so, in spite of death 1161 01:26:06,745 --> 01:26:09,163 l shall survive 1162 01:26:09,331 --> 01:26:12,834 In that my likeness 1163 01:26:13,001 --> 01:26:15,628 Still is left alive. 1164 01:26:29,017 --> 01:26:32,728 --love's majesty to strut before a wanton ambling nymph. 1165 01:26:35,691 --> 01:26:38,943 l, that am curtailed of this fair proportion... 1166 01:26:39,111 --> 01:26:41,904 ...cheated of feature by dissembling nature... 1167 01:26:42,072 --> 01:26:44,490 ...deformed, unfinish'd... 1168 01:26:44,658 --> 01:26:49,537 ...sent before my time into this breathing world... 1169 01:26:49,705 --> 01:26:54,667 ...and that so lamely and unfashionable... 1170 01:26:54,835 --> 01:26:57,962 ...that dogs bark at me-- 1171 01:26:59,047 --> 01:27:00,673 Come on, Burbage. 1172 01:27:02,718 --> 01:27:04,218 l'll be arrested. 1173 01:27:04,386 --> 01:27:05,887 Arrested? 1174 01:27:06,054 --> 01:27:07,680 lt's just the one performance. 1175 01:27:07,848 --> 01:27:09,515 l need a drink. 1176 01:27:09,850 --> 01:27:13,102 l'll be at the Mermaid. l'll be back in a minute. 1177 01:27:13,854 --> 01:27:15,521 You left the hump on. 1178 01:27:15,689 --> 01:27:16,731 Burbage. 1179 01:27:17,190 --> 01:27:19,817 Wonderful theater. Wonderful. 1180 01:27:19,985 --> 01:27:24,238 So only one performance, then? That bad, is it? 1181 01:27:24,406 --> 01:27:26,699 Hardly. That's Will's new play. 1182 01:27:27,242 --> 01:27:31,162 Richard the Third. We've been hired to perform it free to the public. 1183 01:27:31,330 --> 01:27:32,997 -Free? -Aye. 1184 01:27:33,165 --> 01:27:36,167 Some anonymous nobleman's paid for everything. 1185 01:27:36,335 --> 01:27:37,919 Been rehearsing all week. 1186 01:27:38,921 --> 01:27:40,421 So.... 1187 01:27:41,340 --> 01:27:42,673 My best so far. 1188 01:27:46,261 --> 01:27:47,887 l'm sorry, Ben. 1189 01:27:49,222 --> 01:27:53,684 Will, he's part owner, and.... 1190 01:27:54,561 --> 01:27:56,354 l'm sorry, Ben... 1191 01:27:56,521 --> 01:27:58,397 ...but l had to agree. 1192 01:27:58,565 --> 01:28:01,943 No Jonson plays at the Globe. 1193 01:28:02,402 --> 01:28:04,070 Ever. 1194 01:28:16,458 --> 01:28:17,625 Drink. 1195 01:28:18,543 --> 01:28:21,212 Best villain in theater history, Richard lll. 1196 01:28:21,380 --> 01:28:23,965 -Better than Mephistopheles? -No doubt. 1197 01:28:24,132 --> 01:28:27,635 Jonson's not bad for everyday scalawags, but Shakespeare.... 1198 01:28:27,803 --> 01:28:32,306 My God, the main knows his villains. Not even the Greeks compare. 1199 01:28:33,141 --> 01:28:35,226 To Shakespeare! 1200 01:28:35,394 --> 01:28:37,228 And villainy. 1201 01:28:37,562 --> 01:28:39,981 To Shakespeare and villainy! 1202 01:28:43,151 --> 01:28:45,403 -Try your luck. -Thanks. 1203 01:28:45,946 --> 01:28:49,448 Fancy a tumble? Only tuppence. 1204 01:28:49,616 --> 01:28:51,951 Wet in all the wrong places. 1205 01:28:53,620 --> 01:28:56,414 -l haven't got all night, Jonson. -l.... 1206 01:28:58,667 --> 01:29:00,501 There is a.... 1207 01:29:03,755 --> 01:29:07,383 There is a play to be performed... 1208 01:29:07,843 --> 01:29:08,843 ...on Monday. 1209 01:29:09,344 --> 01:29:11,679 All Bankside is talking of it. 1210 01:29:11,847 --> 01:29:14,098 The Tragedy of King Richard the Third... 1211 01:29:14,266 --> 01:29:16,183 ...by William Shakespeare. 1212 01:29:18,103 --> 01:29:21,605 He kills the king and half the royal family to get the throne. 1213 01:29:21,773 --> 01:29:24,191 l know who Richard lll was. 1214 01:29:24,359 --> 01:29:25,609 Yes. 1215 01:29:26,028 --> 01:29:30,364 But in William Shakespeare's version... 1216 01:29:30,532 --> 01:29:32,992 ...he is played as a hunchback. 1217 01:29:39,332 --> 01:29:40,833 As a what? 1218 01:30:00,062 --> 01:30:02,396 Shall l close the theater? 1219 01:30:04,316 --> 01:30:05,483 No. 1220 01:30:19,414 --> 01:30:21,248 Pray, stand back! 1221 01:30:21,416 --> 01:30:25,252 The theater is full! There is no more room! 1222 01:30:27,005 --> 01:30:29,799 The theater is full! 1223 01:30:36,890 --> 01:30:40,226 -You can't get through the crowds. -We've turned hundreds away. 1224 01:30:40,602 --> 01:30:42,394 Never seen anything like it. 1225 01:30:42,562 --> 01:30:45,606 And you said l was mad for building a bigger theater. 1226 01:30:59,287 --> 01:31:02,623 -Has Francesco left? -Yes, my lord. 1227 01:31:02,791 --> 01:31:07,044 Now is the winter of our discontent... 1228 01:31:07,254 --> 01:31:11,215 ...made glorious summer by this sun of York. 1229 01:31:11,383 --> 01:31:12,633 He's got a hunchback. 1230 01:31:12,801 --> 01:31:16,804 And all the clouds that loured upon our house... 1231 01:31:16,972 --> 01:31:20,474 ...in the deep bosom of the ocean. 1232 01:31:20,642 --> 01:31:22,143 lt's Cecil, isn't it? 1233 01:31:22,811 --> 01:31:26,897 Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths... 1234 01:31:27,065 --> 01:31:29,984 ...our bruised arms hung up for monuments... 1235 01:31:30,152 --> 01:31:33,988 ...our stern alarums changed to merry meetings... 1236 01:31:34,156 --> 01:31:37,992 ...our dreadful marches to delightful measures. 1237 01:31:38,160 --> 01:31:42,079 Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. 1238 01:31:43,165 --> 01:31:48,169 But l, that am not shaped for sportive tricks... 1239 01:31:48,336 --> 01:31:52,506 ...nor made to court an amorous looking glass. 1240 01:31:52,674 --> 01:31:55,634 I, that am rudely stamped... 1241 01:31:55,802 --> 01:31:59,597 ...and want love's majesty to strut before... 1242 01:31:59,764 --> 01:32:02,433 ...a wanton ambling nymph. 1243 01:32:02,601 --> 01:32:07,188 l, that am curtailed of this fair proportion... 1244 01:32:08,190 --> 01:32:12,443 ...cheated of feature by dissembling nature... 1245 01:32:12,611 --> 01:32:14,612 ...deformed, unfinish'd... 1246 01:32:15,030 --> 01:32:18,866 ...sent before my time into this breathing world... 1247 01:32:19,034 --> 01:32:20,701 ...scarce half made up... 1248 01:32:20,869 --> 01:32:25,539 ...and that so lamely and unfashionable... 1249 01:32:25,707 --> 01:32:29,335 ...that dogs bark at me-- 1250 01:32:33,882 --> 01:32:36,050 Hear this! Hear this! 1251 01:32:36,218 --> 01:32:40,387 By order of the Privy Council, the bridge must be cleared immediately! 1252 01:32:40,555 --> 01:32:44,058 Anyone resisting will be taken to the Tower! 1253 01:32:44,226 --> 01:32:46,644 Clear the bridge! Clear the bridge! 1254 01:32:48,021 --> 01:32:51,649 Nothing rash. No man is to draw sword or fire musket... 1255 01:32:51,816 --> 01:32:53,901 -...without direct order. -Yes, my lord. 1256 01:32:54,069 --> 01:32:56,403 And the mob? When does it arrive? 1257 01:32:56,571 --> 01:32:58,572 By the stroke of 4. 1258 01:32:59,366 --> 01:33:01,075 The streets are quiet. 1259 01:33:01,243 --> 01:33:03,077 They are all at the theater. 1260 01:33:04,162 --> 01:33:08,582 Edward promised us a mob, and a mob we will have. 1261 01:33:09,417 --> 01:33:12,586 l am determined to prove a villain-- 1262 01:33:12,754 --> 01:33:14,588 A pox on you! 1263 01:33:14,756 --> 01:33:16,423 A pox on Cecil! 1264 01:33:16,591 --> 01:33:18,759 Why is Oxford's man with the groundlings? 1265 01:33:18,927 --> 01:33:20,427 -Where? -There. 1266 01:33:20,595 --> 01:33:23,389 --and hate the idle pleasures of these days. 1267 01:33:23,556 --> 01:33:26,100 Plots have l laid, inductions dangerous... 1268 01:33:26,268 --> 01:33:31,063 ...by drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, to set the-- 1269 01:33:31,231 --> 01:33:33,774 To set my brother Clarence and the king.... 1270 01:33:33,942 --> 01:33:35,276 What's going on? 1271 01:34:14,524 --> 01:34:16,150 Me lord? 1272 01:34:17,152 --> 01:34:19,153 Her Majesty will be with you shortly. 1273 01:34:19,321 --> 01:34:22,531 Young, valiant and wise and no doubt right-- 1274 01:34:24,117 --> 01:34:26,118 Down with Cecil! 1275 01:34:26,828 --> 01:34:29,121 -Richard! -Get over here! 1276 01:34:29,289 --> 01:34:31,290 Off to Stratford, then. 1277 01:34:31,458 --> 01:34:32,583 To Essex House! 1278 01:34:32,751 --> 01:34:35,461 -To Essex House! -We want Essex! 1279 01:34:35,962 --> 01:34:37,504 Oh, my God. 1280 01:34:37,672 --> 01:34:40,507 -Essex! Essex! -Francesco! 1281 01:34:41,009 --> 01:34:42,634 To Essex House! 1282 01:34:42,802 --> 01:34:44,678 l have to warn him! 1283 01:34:45,430 --> 01:34:46,597 Francesco! 1284 01:34:46,765 --> 01:34:48,182 The Tower! 1285 01:34:48,433 --> 01:34:49,767 Francesco! 1286 01:34:51,436 --> 01:34:53,771 Francesco! The Tower knows! 1287 01:34:54,022 --> 01:34:55,606 How do you think it ends? 1288 01:34:55,857 --> 01:34:57,191 No doubt, tragically. 1289 01:34:59,861 --> 01:35:02,529 -Join us! -Francesco! 1290 01:35:02,697 --> 01:35:04,615 Essex! Essex! Essex! 1291 01:35:04,783 --> 01:35:07,993 For Essex! And England! 1292 01:35:08,161 --> 01:35:11,205 Francesco! l went to the Tower! 1293 01:35:17,629 --> 01:35:19,046 To your positions! 1294 01:35:20,548 --> 01:35:22,132 Make ready! 1295 01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:34,728 Open fire! 1296 01:35:36,981 --> 01:35:38,273 Fire! 1297 01:35:43,071 --> 01:35:44,655 Go back! 1298 01:35:51,329 --> 01:35:52,996 -Francesco! -Signor Jonson! 1299 01:35:53,164 --> 01:35:55,165 We are betrayed! 1300 01:35:55,333 --> 01:35:56,750 No! 1301 01:36:11,099 --> 01:36:12,433 Robert, wait. 1302 01:36:13,184 --> 01:36:14,685 No more waiting. 1303 01:36:15,186 --> 01:36:18,021 We go as we are now. 1304 01:36:18,189 --> 01:36:19,857 Mount your horses. 1305 01:36:20,024 --> 01:36:21,567 Mount your horses! 1306 01:36:21,734 --> 01:36:23,861 On your horses, everyone! 1307 01:36:26,364 --> 01:36:29,032 To the queen! 1308 01:37:02,984 --> 01:37:04,318 lt's a trap! 1309 01:37:05,487 --> 01:37:06,570 Spread out! 1310 01:37:06,738 --> 01:37:07,779 Fire! 1311 01:37:09,240 --> 01:37:10,282 Freedom! 1312 01:37:11,534 --> 01:37:13,076 Fire at will! 1313 01:37:21,586 --> 01:37:22,669 Fireworks? 1314 01:37:28,927 --> 01:37:33,055 Majesty! We must away. Essex is in armed revolt. 1315 01:37:33,223 --> 01:37:35,516 -He's come to overthrow you. -But, Edward-- 1316 01:37:36,017 --> 01:37:39,520 You must flee quickly, Majesty. He means to kill you... 1317 01:37:39,687 --> 01:37:41,939 ...and take the throne for himself. 1318 01:37:42,106 --> 01:37:43,524 Please, Majesty! 1319 01:37:44,025 --> 01:37:45,859 Your Majesty! 1320 01:37:54,619 --> 01:37:55,702 Robert! 1321 01:37:57,330 --> 01:37:58,664 The men! 1322 01:37:58,831 --> 01:38:00,666 We must yield! 1323 01:38:01,459 --> 01:38:02,626 We yield! 1324 01:38:02,794 --> 01:38:04,002 Hold your fire! 1325 01:38:04,170 --> 01:38:05,879 -Hold your fire! -Hold your fire! 1326 01:38:06,047 --> 01:38:07,839 Deliver up your arms! 1327 01:38:13,346 --> 01:38:15,180 Put down your arms. 1328 01:38:15,431 --> 01:38:17,015 Keep still! 1329 01:38:18,643 --> 01:38:20,435 Lay down your muskets. 1330 01:38:21,020 --> 01:38:22,563 We yield. 1331 01:38:24,065 --> 01:38:26,066 Yield, sir! 1332 01:38:37,287 --> 01:38:40,664 She will not forgive him this, Edward. 1333 01:38:42,333 --> 01:38:45,085 Essex will be convicted... 1334 01:38:45,253 --> 01:38:47,754 ...and executed... 1335 01:38:48,214 --> 01:38:50,257 ...for treason. 1336 01:38:52,218 --> 01:38:54,052 As will your son. 1337 01:38:56,889 --> 01:38:58,599 What? 1338 01:38:58,766 --> 01:39:01,393 Didn't you think l knew? 1339 01:39:02,437 --> 01:39:07,357 My father told me all his secrets. All of them. 1340 01:39:07,775 --> 01:39:10,611 Though the most fascinating... 1341 01:39:10,778 --> 01:39:14,448 ...was not made known to me until after his death. 1342 01:39:16,284 --> 01:39:18,910 He hated you, Edward. 1343 01:39:19,078 --> 01:39:22,456 But still, he married his only daughter to you. 1344 01:39:22,957 --> 01:39:26,293 He wanted his grandson to be an earl. 1345 01:39:26,461 --> 01:39:29,880 No, Edward. He wanted his grandson to be... 1346 01:39:30,048 --> 01:39:31,089 ...a king. 1347 01:39:34,719 --> 01:39:38,138 Elizabeth had several bastard children, Edward. 1348 01:39:38,306 --> 01:39:41,099 Not just Essex and Southampton. 1349 01:39:41,851 --> 01:39:44,645 She was 1 6 for the first. 1350 01:39:44,812 --> 01:39:50,567 Bloody Mary was still queen and our future Gloriana was out of favor. 1351 01:39:50,735 --> 01:39:55,489 No one thought her very important at all, except my father, of course. 1352 01:39:55,657 --> 01:39:58,075 And when her first child was born... 1353 01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:01,078 ...a male... 1354 01:40:01,829 --> 01:40:05,082 ...my father took it and hid it. 1355 01:40:06,668 --> 01:40:09,086 The grandson of Henry Vlll. 1356 01:40:09,253 --> 01:40:13,965 The foundling, of course, had to be reared a nobleman. 1357 01:40:19,430 --> 01:40:20,931 John de Vere... 1358 01:40:21,516 --> 01:40:24,267 ...the previous Earl of Oxford... 1359 01:40:25,019 --> 01:40:27,604 ...agreed to accept the task. 1360 01:40:27,772 --> 01:40:29,147 You lie! 1361 01:40:29,524 --> 01:40:31,024 Do l? 1362 01:40:32,360 --> 01:40:36,530 Why did he work so hard to become your guardian after your father died? 1363 01:40:37,532 --> 01:40:41,618 He had it all planned. Years in advance. 1364 01:40:41,786 --> 01:40:45,205 He would teach you everything he knew about statecraft... 1365 01:40:45,373 --> 01:40:50,502 ...marry you to his daughter, and after Elizabeth's death, proclaim you... 1366 01:40:51,879 --> 01:40:53,046 ...heir. 1367 01:40:54,215 --> 01:40:57,134 His own grandchild to follow you on the throne. 1368 01:40:57,301 --> 01:41:02,305 But he could not possibly predict what kind of failure you would become! 1369 01:41:02,640 --> 01:41:06,727 How you would fail in politics! 1370 01:41:06,894 --> 01:41:10,772 lgnore your estates to the point of bankruptcy. 1371 01:41:12,567 --> 01:41:14,568 All to write... 1372 01:41:18,573 --> 01:41:20,073 ...poetry. 1373 01:41:27,248 --> 01:41:30,584 Nor could he have predicted that you would commit incest. 1374 01:41:36,716 --> 01:41:40,218 Delicious, isn't it? 1375 01:41:40,386 --> 01:41:42,721 Right out of a Greek... 1376 01:41:43,598 --> 01:41:45,599 ...tragedy. 1377 01:41:48,269 --> 01:41:49,770 Elizabeth... 1378 01:41:51,939 --> 01:41:53,940 -...would never have-- -What? 1379 01:41:55,860 --> 01:41:57,444 Slept with her son? 1380 01:41:59,530 --> 01:42:02,407 l don't think she ever knew, to tell you the truth. 1381 01:42:03,618 --> 01:42:06,203 Though you never know with the Tudors. 1382 01:42:06,996 --> 01:42:11,625 They all have had such strange tastes in bedfellows. 1383 01:42:15,171 --> 01:42:18,465 You could have been a king, Edward. 1384 01:42:20,009 --> 01:42:22,010 And your son after you. 1385 01:42:22,887 --> 01:42:24,805 Except for the fact... 1386 01:42:24,972 --> 01:42:26,848 ...that you... 1387 01:42:27,725 --> 01:42:29,309 ...were you. 1388 01:43:27,243 --> 01:43:29,327 Sentence has been passed. 1389 01:43:32,498 --> 01:43:34,499 They are to be beheaded. 1390 01:43:37,670 --> 01:43:40,505 Essex tomorrow. Southampton in a week. 1391 01:43:43,175 --> 01:43:45,218 Your son is going to be killed... 1392 01:43:47,513 --> 01:43:49,180 ...by his own mother. 1393 01:43:51,017 --> 01:43:53,351 Put that in one of your plays. 1394 01:44:02,278 --> 01:44:04,112 Robert Devereaux... 1395 01:44:04,280 --> 01:44:07,657 ...Earl of Essex, is hereby executed... 1396 01:44:07,825 --> 01:44:12,162 ...for treason by Her Gracious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth... 1397 01:44:12,330 --> 01:44:15,999 ...on the 25th day of February in the year of our Lord... 1398 01:44:16,167 --> 01:44:18,251 ...1 601 . 1399 01:44:25,509 --> 01:44:27,302 Strike true. 1400 01:44:32,558 --> 01:44:34,100 God save the queen! 1401 01:45:06,342 --> 01:45:07,842 Leave us. 1402 01:45:08,719 --> 01:45:10,053 All of you. 1403 01:45:14,183 --> 01:45:15,600 Sir Robert... 1404 01:45:16,352 --> 01:45:17,644 ...you as well. 1405 01:45:31,951 --> 01:45:33,660 You look old. 1406 01:45:35,204 --> 01:45:37,330 l thank Your Majesty for seeing me. 1407 01:45:38,457 --> 01:45:40,000 You cannot have him. 1408 01:45:40,167 --> 01:45:41,334 He is our son. 1409 01:45:41,502 --> 01:45:43,294 He is a traitor, like Essex. 1410 01:45:43,462 --> 01:45:46,214 They only wished for a voice equal to their birth. 1411 01:45:46,382 --> 01:45:49,009 You caused this. Your play, your words. 1412 01:45:49,176 --> 01:45:50,927 l know what you've done. 1413 01:45:51,804 --> 01:45:53,972 Your head should be cut off, not his. 1414 01:46:02,314 --> 01:46:03,648 Then take it... 1415 01:46:04,150 --> 01:46:06,151 ...in our son's stead. 1416 01:46:12,324 --> 01:46:15,035 Neither they nor l conspired against you. 1417 01:46:15,202 --> 01:46:17,162 Cecil alone was our aim! 1418 01:46:17,371 --> 01:46:20,540 The King of Spain, Mary, four French kings, eight popes... 1419 01:46:20,708 --> 01:46:24,627 ...they all wanted me dead, but here l am... 1420 01:46:24,795 --> 01:46:27,464 ...because of the Cecils, my commoners. 1421 01:46:27,631 --> 01:46:29,174 We would have protected you. 1422 01:46:29,341 --> 01:46:31,843 You? My loyal earls? 1423 01:46:33,137 --> 01:46:35,221 l could only ever trust the Cecils... 1424 01:46:35,389 --> 01:46:39,476 ...because their wealth, their power, their survival, all depended on me. 1425 01:46:39,643 --> 01:46:40,685 Me. 1426 01:46:41,812 --> 01:46:43,313 Let... 1427 01:46:44,815 --> 01:46:47,567 ...our son live. 1428 01:46:53,157 --> 01:46:54,824 Does...? 1429 01:46:56,494 --> 01:46:58,244 Does he know? 1430 01:46:59,622 --> 01:47:03,333 And if l give him to you...? 1431 01:47:09,340 --> 01:47:11,424 He will never learn of it from me. 1432 01:47:53,050 --> 01:47:54,300 But, Edward? 1433 01:47:56,387 --> 01:47:59,514 None of your poems... 1434 01:47:59,807 --> 01:48:01,724 ...or your plays... 1435 01:48:01,892 --> 01:48:04,978 ...will ever carry your name. 1436 01:48:06,397 --> 01:48:07,856 None. 1437 01:48:23,122 --> 01:48:26,541 -ls she still refusing to sleep? -For three days now. 1438 01:48:27,501 --> 01:48:29,252 And her physicians? 1439 01:48:29,420 --> 01:48:31,588 They say she's dying. 1440 01:48:53,110 --> 01:48:54,944 Majesty? 1441 01:48:55,404 --> 01:48:58,865 l have brought you a document to sign. 1442 01:49:05,456 --> 01:49:08,208 The Act of Succession. 1443 01:49:17,092 --> 01:49:19,010 l beseech you... 1444 01:49:20,054 --> 01:49:21,429 ...sign. 1445 01:49:56,423 --> 01:49:59,092 O God, bless this crown... 1446 01:49:59,260 --> 01:50:01,928 ...and sanctify King James of Scotland... 1447 01:50:02,096 --> 01:50:06,307 ...now and forever more as King James the First of England... 1448 01:50:06,475 --> 01:50:10,144 ...Scotland, Wales and lreland. 1449 01:50:25,619 --> 01:50:29,122 God save the king! 1450 01:51:06,118 --> 01:51:07,994 No, no, no, stop! 1451 01:51:08,162 --> 01:51:10,413 lt's supposed to be a bloody comedy. 1452 01:51:10,581 --> 01:51:12,749 You lot are about as funny as the plague. 1453 01:51:12,916 --> 01:51:14,375 Will! 1454 01:51:14,960 --> 01:51:17,295 -Will Shakespeare! -Hello, Ben. 1455 01:51:17,463 --> 01:51:21,132 A command performance for our new king! 1456 01:51:21,300 --> 01:51:23,760 Fraud! Charlatan! 1457 01:51:23,927 --> 01:51:27,513 A counterfeiter of wit! 1458 01:51:31,602 --> 01:51:33,144 You came to me, Ben. 1459 01:51:35,230 --> 01:51:37,065 You came to me. 1460 01:51:38,817 --> 01:51:42,278 -Will! You're nothing but a puppet! -Get out! 1461 01:51:43,113 --> 01:51:44,405 Stay out! 1462 01:51:45,491 --> 01:51:47,158 Master Jonson? 1463 01:51:48,369 --> 01:51:50,328 His lordship is asking for you. 1464 01:51:59,671 --> 01:52:01,839 Excuse me, my lady. 1465 01:52:23,112 --> 01:52:24,612 Thank you, doctor. 1466 01:52:29,785 --> 01:52:31,244 Jonson. 1467 01:52:31,787 --> 01:52:33,329 Come closer. 1468 01:52:46,093 --> 01:52:48,428 Did you know my family can trace... 1469 01:52:48,595 --> 01:52:52,265 ...its peerage back further than any other family in the kingdom? 1470 01:52:53,475 --> 01:52:58,146 We fought at Crecy, at Bosworth Field, at Agincourt. 1471 01:52:59,982 --> 01:53:01,607 When l inherited my earldom... 1472 01:53:01,775 --> 01:53:05,653 ...l was one of the richest men ever to breathe English air. 1473 01:53:05,821 --> 01:53:09,157 And at last breath, l shall be one of the poorest. 1474 01:53:10,492 --> 01:53:12,827 Never a voice in government. 1475 01:53:13,996 --> 01:53:17,707 Never a sword raised in glorious battle. 1476 01:53:19,042 --> 01:53:20,626 Words. 1477 01:53:21,962 --> 01:53:25,798 Merely words shall be my sole legacy. 1478 01:53:27,634 --> 01:53:31,387 You alone watch my plays and know them as mine. 1479 01:53:32,181 --> 01:53:34,182 When l hear the applause... 1480 01:53:34,850 --> 01:53:37,727 ...the cheering of the audience, the hands clapping... 1481 01:53:37,895 --> 01:53:40,521 ...l know they are celebrating another man. 1482 01:53:42,691 --> 01:53:44,192 But in that... 1483 01:53:45,486 --> 01:53:49,697 ...cacophony of sounds, l strained to hear two hands only. 1484 01:53:50,866 --> 01:53:52,200 Yours. 1485 01:53:53,202 --> 01:53:55,369 But hear them, l never did. 1486 01:53:58,373 --> 01:54:00,708 You have never told me.... 1487 01:54:03,378 --> 01:54:04,795 Never... 1488 01:54:05,714 --> 01:54:09,008 ...told me what you thought of my work. 1489 01:54:16,892 --> 01:54:18,518 l find... 1490 01:54:19,228 --> 01:54:20,895 ...your words... 1491 01:54:21,563 --> 01:54:23,564 ...the most... 1492 01:54:23,857 --> 01:54:24,941 ...wondrous... 1493 01:54:26,401 --> 01:54:28,236 ...heard on our stage. 1494 01:54:30,072 --> 01:54:32,073 On any stage. 1495 01:54:33,408 --> 01:54:34,867 Ever. 1496 01:54:37,037 --> 01:54:38,412 You... 1497 01:54:38,580 --> 01:54:40,790 ...are the soul of the age. 1498 01:55:00,936 --> 01:55:03,229 Promise me, Jonson. 1499 01:55:05,899 --> 01:55:09,819 Promise you'll keep our secret safe, that you won't expose Shakespeare. 1500 01:55:09,987 --> 01:55:12,029 -My lord-- -l've seen it in your face. 1501 01:55:12,197 --> 01:55:13,781 He vexes you. 1502 01:55:13,949 --> 01:55:17,535 How could he not? But he is not your burden. 1503 01:55:19,288 --> 01:55:20,663 He is mine. 1504 01:55:31,133 --> 01:55:32,592 All my writings... 1505 01:55:35,304 --> 01:55:37,471 ...my plays, my sonnets... 1506 01:55:39,600 --> 01:55:42,184 ...keep them safe. Keep them from my family. 1507 01:55:42,477 --> 01:55:44,145 The Cecils. 1508 01:55:46,273 --> 01:55:48,441 Wait a few years and then publish them. 1509 01:55:48,609 --> 01:55:49,775 My lord, l.... 1510 01:55:50,485 --> 01:55:52,612 l am not worthy of this charge. 1511 01:55:55,616 --> 01:55:56,866 l betrayed you. 1512 01:55:57,826 --> 01:55:59,994 l told them of your-- 1513 01:56:00,162 --> 01:56:05,458 l have made it my life's work to know the character of men, Jonson. 1514 01:56:07,836 --> 01:56:09,754 l know you. 1515 01:56:12,966 --> 01:56:15,009 You may have betrayed me... 1516 01:56:17,179 --> 01:56:20,640 ...but you will never betray my words. 1517 01:56:35,489 --> 01:56:36,489 What are those? 1518 01:56:38,367 --> 01:56:40,368 These are my.... 1519 01:56:41,036 --> 01:56:43,996 -My lady, your husband was-- -Get out! 1520 01:56:44,164 --> 01:56:47,333 You, your friends, your blasphemous theater... 1521 01:56:47,501 --> 01:56:50,002 ...have brought ruin and dishonor to this family. 1522 01:56:50,170 --> 01:56:51,504 Ruin? 1523 01:56:52,881 --> 01:56:54,215 Dishonor? 1524 01:56:55,384 --> 01:56:56,425 My lady... 1525 01:56:57,552 --> 01:57:01,347 ...you, your family, even l... 1526 01:57:01,515 --> 01:57:03,641 ...even Queen Elizabeth herself... 1527 01:57:03,809 --> 01:57:08,562 ...will be remembered solely because we had the honor to live... 1528 01:57:08,730 --> 01:57:12,358 ...whilst your husband put ink to paper. 1529 01:57:20,367 --> 01:57:22,702 "To the Earl of Southampton: 1530 01:57:23,245 --> 01:57:28,541 The love l dedicate to your lordship is without end... 1531 01:57:28,709 --> 01:57:31,335 ...whereof this pamphlet... 1532 01:57:31,503 --> 01:57:34,296 ...without a superfluous moiety. 1533 01:57:35,882 --> 01:57:38,217 What l have done is yours... 1534 01:57:38,760 --> 01:57:41,262 ...what l have to do is yours. 1535 01:57:41,430 --> 01:57:44,932 Being part in all l have... 1536 01:57:45,100 --> 01:57:47,810 ...devoted yours." 1537 01:57:59,906 --> 01:58:01,741 l can make... 1538 01:58:02,576 --> 01:58:04,243 ...all this... 1539 01:58:04,911 --> 01:58:07,705 ...go away, Jonson. 1540 01:58:07,956 --> 01:58:11,500 Or l can bring you so much... 1541 01:58:12,127 --> 01:58:14,086 ...pain. 1542 01:58:16,131 --> 01:58:17,590 Pain. 1543 01:58:19,634 --> 01:58:21,761 l know you have them. 1544 01:58:23,472 --> 01:58:25,931 All his manuscripts. 1545 01:58:27,142 --> 01:58:31,645 My sister saw you leave Oxford Stone with them under your arm. 1546 01:58:33,482 --> 01:58:35,608 They were destroyed. 1547 01:58:37,486 --> 01:58:38,736 Burned. 1548 01:58:38,904 --> 01:58:40,279 Burned? 1549 01:58:41,782 --> 01:58:43,115 By your men. 1550 01:58:44,826 --> 01:58:49,413 Every word went up in flames when you torched the theater. 1551 01:58:50,290 --> 01:58:51,832 He's lying. 1552 01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:54,084 My lord... 1553 01:58:54,836 --> 01:58:56,796 ...why would l lie? 1554 01:58:58,006 --> 01:59:00,800 He was something... 1555 01:59:00,967 --> 01:59:02,802 ...l could never be. 1556 01:59:03,678 --> 01:59:07,139 An undeniable perfection... 1557 01:59:07,682 --> 01:59:10,184 ...that plagued my soul. 1558 01:59:11,853 --> 01:59:13,312 And to him... 1559 01:59:14,189 --> 01:59:15,856 ...l was nothing. 1560 01:59:16,858 --> 01:59:18,901 A messenger. 1561 01:59:21,363 --> 01:59:24,615 He tells the truth. 1562 01:59:28,203 --> 01:59:29,703 Let him go. 1563 01:59:30,497 --> 01:59:31,664 Guard! 1564 01:59:33,834 --> 01:59:35,167 Release him. 1565 01:59:43,802 --> 01:59:47,263 And, Jonson? Better him, won't you? 1566 01:59:47,430 --> 01:59:50,349 Wipe his memory for all time. 1567 01:59:51,893 --> 01:59:55,521 l'm afraid that is not possible, my lord. 1568 02:00:15,834 --> 02:00:17,293 Your Majesty. 1569 02:00:17,460 --> 02:00:20,004 -Your Majesty. -Your Majesty. 1570 02:00:21,256 --> 02:00:22,339 Marvelous. 1571 02:00:24,092 --> 02:00:26,260 Marvelous, marvelous. 1572 02:00:29,264 --> 02:00:32,266 ls it not marvelous? 1573 02:01:42,462 --> 02:01:44,797 O for a Muse of fire... 1574 02:01:45,006 --> 02:01:49,259 ...that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. 1575 02:01:49,427 --> 02:01:53,138 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act... 1576 02:01:54,015 --> 02:01:57,643 ...and monarchs to behold the swelling scene. 1577 02:01:58,561 --> 02:02:01,605 We had seen some of this Shakespeare's plays... 1578 02:02:01,773 --> 02:02:03,857 ...in Edinburgh, Sir Robert. 1579 02:02:04,025 --> 02:02:06,819 l must tell you, we enjoyed them immensely... 1580 02:02:06,987 --> 02:02:10,614 ...and look forward to seeing many more, now that we're in London. 1581 02:02:11,032 --> 02:02:16,245 l assume you're as avid a theater man as myself. 1582 02:02:17,205 --> 02:02:19,456 Of course, Your Majesty. 1583 02:02:19,624 --> 02:02:24,003 --that have dared on this unworthy scaffold... 1584 02:02:24,170 --> 02:02:26,630 ...to bring forth so great an object. 1585 02:02:26,798 --> 02:02:31,260 Robert Cecil remained the most powerful man... 1586 02:02:31,428 --> 02:02:34,221 ...in the court of King James... 1587 02:02:34,514 --> 02:02:37,224 ...though he couldn't prevent the public theaters... 1588 02:02:37,392 --> 02:02:40,144 ...from becoming ever more popular. 1589 02:02:40,687 --> 02:02:44,064 William Shakespeare, however, spent the remainder of his days... 1590 02:02:44,232 --> 02:02:46,525 ...not in the playhouses of London... 1591 02:02:46,693 --> 02:02:50,696 ...but in the small town of his birth, Stratford-upon-Avon... 1592 02:02:50,864 --> 02:02:54,533 ...as a businessman and grain merchant. 1593 02:02:54,701 --> 02:02:57,453 Ben Jonson succeeded in his desire... 1594 02:02:57,620 --> 02:03:00,456 ...to be the most celebrated playwright of his time... 1595 02:03:00,623 --> 02:03:03,792 ...becoming England's first poet laureate. 1596 02:03:03,960 --> 02:03:07,171 And in 1 623, he wrote the dedication... 1597 02:03:07,338 --> 02:03:11,508 ...to the collected works of the man we call... 1598 02:03:11,676 --> 02:03:13,469 ...William Shakespeare. 1599 02:03:15,055 --> 02:03:16,597 And so... 1600 02:03:17,223 --> 02:03:22,686 ...though our story is finished, our poet's is not. 1601 02:03:23,063 --> 02:03:26,774 For his monument is ever-living... 1602 02:03:26,941 --> 02:03:32,196 ...made not of stone, but of verse. 1603 02:03:32,739 --> 02:03:35,074 And it shall be remembered... 1604 02:03:35,241 --> 02:03:38,911 ...as long as words are made of breath... 1605 02:03:39,079 --> 02:03:41,914 ...and breath of life.