Let's Talk Shakespeare: Did Shakespeare Know Queen Elizabeth I?

Dec 13, 2015, 11:59 AM

For the sixth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Did Shakespeare know Queen Elizabeth 1?”. This is something that people love to imagine, that these two icons of British culture could have had a relationship, and in this episode we look at Shakespeare's royal patronage, performance's at court and whether or not anyone could really have had a relationship with a monarch at all.

Ye Bard - hys Birth… ye immortal bard cometh to town - ergo, he is Born in ye merrie town of Stratford, A. D. 1564, c1850, by unknown author Ye Bard - hys Birth… ye immortal bard cometh to town - ergo, he is Born in ye merrie town of Stratford, A. D. 1564, c1850, by unknown author This weeks guests are:

  • Professor Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute
  • Dr Elizabeth Dollimore, Outreach and Primary Learning Manager a the SBT
  • Professor Stanley Wells, Honorary President of the SBT
  • Dr Anjna Chouhan, Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies at the SBT -
  • Ben Crystal, Actor Director and producer

You can find the shownotes for this episode over on our blog: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/podcast/did-shakespeare-know-queen-elizabeth-i/

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