The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: Play Guide and Free Edition
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950).
Catalogue synopsis
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"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.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
- Author credits: Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Fitton, Mary, 1578?-1641 -- Drama
- London (England) -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Drama
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
- One Act Plays
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