The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by Bernard Shaw

"The Dark Lady of the Sonnets" by George Bernard Shaw is a short comedy written in 1910. The play imagines William Shakespeare waiting at Whitehall Palace for a secret meeting with his mysterious lover. Instead, he accidentally encounters Queen Elizabeth I and seizes the opportunity to pitch an ambitious idea: the creation of a national theatre. Shaw wrote this witty one-act play as part of a real campaign to establish a Shakespeare National Theatre by 1916, blending historical figures with literary mystery and theatrical ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Title The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Lady_of_the_Sonnets
Credits Produced by Ron Burkey, and Amy Thomte
Reading Level Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Drama
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Subject Fitton, Mary, 1578?-1641 -- Drama
Subject London (England) -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 1050
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 13, 2012
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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