"for the common players"". That same year Derby was recorded as financing one of London's two children's drama companies, Paul's Boys; he also had his own company, Derby's Men, which played multiple times at court in 1600 and 1601. Derby was born three years before Shakespeare and died in 1642, so his lifespan fits the consensus dating of the works. His initials were W. S., and he was known to sign himself ""Will"", which qualified him to write the punning ""Will"" sonnets. Derby travelled in continental Europe in 1582, visiting France and possibly Navarre. ""Love's Labour's Lost"" is set in"
"Love's Labour's Lost Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to swear off the company of women for three years of study and fasting. Their subsequent infatuation with the Princess of France and her ladies makes them forsworn. In an untraditional ending for a comedy, the play closes with the death of the Princess's father, and all weddings are delayed for a year. The"
"The Graces distract her from her cares with a divertissement. Alamir returns from battle in triumph and reveals his true identity as the Duke of Foix. He and Constance can now marry and the play ends with a divertissement led by Cupid against the backdrop of the Pyrenees. La princesse de Navarre La princesse de Navarre (""The Princess of Navarre"") is a ""comédie-ballet"" with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau and words by Voltaire, first performed on 23 February 1745 at La Grande Ecurie, Versailles. It was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain to Louis,"
"where she is condemned to be burnt alive for heresy (1431). Another play on Joan of Arc includes Joan la Romée (1926) by Frank Harris. There is also ""Joan of Lorraine"" (1946) by Maxwell Anderson. In a play-within-a-play framework, an acting company stage a dramatisation of the story of Joan of Arc. William Devereux wrote ""Henry of Navarre"" (1909), based on the life of the eventual King Henry IV of France. Madame du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV, is the subject of a 1901 play named after her by David Belasco. Doug Wright wrote ""Quills"" (1996), based on the"
"Navarre and others. The fashion for Italian settings that affected a noticeably large proportion of Elizabethan drama was in part due to the vogue for Painter's work and other, similar collections. The early tragedies ""Appius and Virginia"", and ""Tancred and Gismund"" were taken from ""The Palace of Pleasure"". Shakespeare's ""Romeo and Juliet"", ""Timon of Athens"", ""Edward III"", and ""All's Well That Ends Well"" are all derived from Painter's collections, the last from his translation of ""Giletta of Narbonne"". Other playwrights also made extensive use of his work and that of similar contemporary translators, with these believed to have inspired well-known"
"it was the work of a playwright just learning his art."" In """" (1994), Harold Bloom lauds the work as ""astonishing"" and refers to it as Shakespeare's ""first absolute achievement"". It is often assumed that the play was written for performance at the Inns of Court, whose students would have been most likely to appreciate its style. It has never been among Shakespeare's most popular plays, probably because its pedantic humour and linguistic density are extremely demanding of contemporary theatregoers. The satirical allusions of Navarre's court are likewise inaccessible, ""having been principally directed to fashions of language that have long"
"to Shakespeare's audiences. Scholars suggest that the play lost popularity as these historical and political portrayals of Navarre's court became dated and less accessible to theatergoers of later generations. The play's sophisticated wordplay, pedantic humour and dated literary allusions may also be reasons for its relative obscurity, as compared with Shakespeare's more popular works. ""Love's Labour's Lost"" was staged rarely in the 19th century, but it has been seen more often in the 20th and 21st centuries, with productions by both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, among others. It has also been adapted as a musical, an"
"alongside Hollywood actors Alicia Silverstone and Matthew Lillard and Broadway and West End stars such as Nathan Lane. As a result of its poor commercial performance, Miramax shelved its three-picture deal with Branagh, who subsequently returned to Shakespeare with ""As You Like It"" in 2006. The King of Navarre has vowed to avoid romantic entanglements to spend three years in study and contemplation. His chief courtiers agree to follow him in this vow, though one (Berowne) argues that they will not be able to fulfill this plan. Berowne's claim is proven correct almost instantly. The Princess of France comes to"
"La princesse de Navarre La princesse de Navarre (""The Princess of Navarre"") is a ""comédie-ballet"" with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau and words by Voltaire, first performed on 23 February 1745 at La Grande Ecurie, Versailles. It was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain to Louis, Dauphin of France. ""La princesse de Navarre"" opened the wedding festivities, while another new Rameau opera, ""Platée"", closed them. The piece takes the form of a ""comédie-ballet"", effectively a play with a large amount of incidental music, recalling the collaborations of Molière and Lully in the 17th century."
"Kingdom of Navarre The Kingdom of Navarre (; , , , ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (), was a Basque-based kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France. The medieval state took form around the city of Pamplona during the first centuries of the Iberian Reconquista. The kingdom has its origins in the conflict in the buffer region between the Frankish king Charlemagne and the Umayyad Emirate that controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula. The city of Pamplona (Latin: ""Pompaelo""; Basque: Iruñea), had been the main city"
"famous example of this being Shakespeare's use of Greene's ""Pandosto"" (1588) for his ""The Winter's Tale"". Set in Sicily, the play centres on the rule of a fictional king named Gonzago. At the start of the play, Gonzago's army has just won a major victory over an unspecified foreign enemy. The victory, however, was nearly a defeat: the outcome of the battle was turned when the Sicilian general Sforza personally rescued Gonzago from the enemy forces that were about to overwhelm him. The celebrations of the victory dwell on Sforza's courage and prowess — to a degree that offends the"
"Cymbeline Cymbeline , also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain (""c."" AD 10–14) and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify ""Cymbeline"" as a romance or even a comedy. Like ""Othello"" and ""The Winter's Tale"", it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While the precise date of composition remains unknown, the play was certainly produced as early as 1611. Cymbeline, the Roman Empire's vassal"
"Henry VI (play) Henry VI is a series of three history plays by William Shakespeare, set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. ""Henry VI, Part 1"" deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal squabbles and petty jealousy; ""Henry VI, Part 2"" depicts the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed conflict; and ""Henry VI, Part 3"" deals with the horrors of that conflict. In 2016, scholars working"
"opera, for radio and television and as a musical film. ""Love's Labour's Lost"" features the longest scene (5.2), the longest single word 'honorificabilitudinitatibus' (5.1.39–40), and (depending on editorial choices) the longest speech (4.3.284–361) in all of Shakespeare's plays (see ""Date and Text"" below). Ferdinand, King of Navarre, and his three noble companions, the Lords Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, take an oath not to give in to the company of women. They devote themselves to three years of study and fasting; Berowne agrees somewhat more hesitantly than the others. The King declares that no woman should come within a mile of"
"Roman plays ""Coriolanus"", ""Julius Caesar"", and ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Another tragedy ""King Lear"", is based on British legend, as is the romanc ""Cymbeline, King of Britain"", which is set in Ancient Britain. Other playwrights contemporary to Shakespeare, such as Christopher Marlowe, also dramatized historical topics. Marlowe wrote ""Edward the Second"" which deals with the deposition of King Edward II by his barons and the Queen, who resent the undue influence the king's favourites have in court and state affairs, and ""The Massacre at Paris"", which dramatizes the events of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in France in 1572. Marlowe's ""Tamburlaine"
"to be a memorial reconstruction by the actors who performed the work. One page perhaps survives in manuscript. It is known as the ""Collier leaf,"" after the Shakespearean scholar John Payne Collier, who is known to have been a notorious forger, although modern scholars think that this particular leaf is probably authentic. It supplies a longer version of a speech of the Guise's than appears in the printed text, adding twelve lines of blank verse. The play begins in Paris, at the wedding of Henry of Navarre (a Huguenot noble) to Margaret of Valois (sister to the Catholic king). It"
"Navarre to discuss the status of the province of Aquitaine. Though the King does not grant them access to his palace (they are forced to camp outside), each of the courtiers falls in love with one of her handmaidens, and the King falls in love with the Princess herself. The men attempt to hide their own loves and expose those of their fellows. After a masked ball in which the pairs of lovers are comically mismatched, all the amours are revealed. Costard leads a musical number with the King's court, which eventually includes the entire cast. But as the song"
"that the King will not survive, he names Navarre as heir to the French throne. The play ends with Navarre, now Henry IV, vowing yet more revenge on the Catholic League. An adaptation of the play was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 30 May 1993, the 400th anniversary of Marlowe's death, along with ""Dido, Queen of Carthage"", directed by Alan Drury and Michael Earley and featuring Timothy Walker as Anjou, Jeremy Blake as the Duke of Guise, Sally Dexter as Queen Catherine, Ben Thomas as Navarre, Teresa Gallagher as Margaret/Duchess of Guise and Andrew Wincott as Conde/Mugeroun/Son of Guise."
"has the largest cast of all Shakespeare's plays and is seen by many critics as the best of the ""Henry VI"" trilogy. ""Of the King's Party"" ""Of the Duke of York's Party"" ""The Petitions and the Combat"" ""The Conjuration"" ""The False Miracle"" ""Eleanor's Penance"" ""Murder of Gloucester"" ""Murder of Suffolk"" ""The Cade Rebellion"" ""Others"" The play begins with the marriage of King Henry VI of England to the young Margaret of Anjou. Margaret is the protégée and lover of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk, who aims to influence the king through her. The major obstacle to Suffolk"
"William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the ""Bard of Avon"". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire."
"limited number of people"". He argued that the events on which the play was based occurred between 1578 and 1584. The ""scintillating episode"" was the visit of Marguerite de Valois and her companions to her estranged husband Henry of Navarre, the future king Henry IV of France. Henry was accompanied by ""a handsome troupe of lords and gentlemen"", while Marguerite was accompanied by her mother Catherine de' Medici and a large entourage. The visit occasioned elaborate festivities. Disputes about the control of Aquitaine and the rights to a dowry, alluded to in the play, were the motivation for the visit."
"It."" The middle grouping of Shakespeare's plays begins in 1599 with ""Julius Caesar."" For the next few years, Shakespeare would produce his most famous dramas, including ""Macbeth,"" ""Hamlet,"" and ""King Lear."" The plays during this period are in many ways the darkest of Shakespeare's career and address issues such as betrayal, murder, lust, power and egoism. The final grouping of plays, called Shakespeare's late romances, include ""Pericles, Prince of Tyre"", ""Cymbeline"", ""The Winter's Tale"" and ""The Tempest"". The romances are so called because they bear similarities to medieval romance literature. Among the features of these plays are a redemptive plotline"
"Richard II (play) King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: ""Henry IV, Part 1""; ""Henry IV, Part 2""; and ""Henry V"". Although the First Folio (1623) edition of Shakespeare's works lists the play as a history play, the earlier Quarto edition of 1597 calls it ""The tragedie of King Richard the"
"to the King. Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the prince goes on a rampage, the king imprisons him again, persuading him that it was all a dream. The play's central themes are the conflict between free will and fate, as well as restoring one's honor (NADV1). It remains one of Calderón's best-known and most studied works. Other themes include dreams vs. reality and the conflict between father and son. The play has been adapted for other stage works, in film and as a novel. Catholic Spain was the most powerful European nation by the 16th century. The Spanish Armada"
"Ma mie Rosette Ma mie Rosette (""My Dear Rosette"") is an opéra comique in four acts with music by Paul Lacôme and words by Jules Prével and Armand Liorat. It is set in 16th-century Navarre, ruled by the young and famously amorous Henri of Navarre. His acceptance of refreshment from Rosette, a young woman on a farm, provokes jealousy in her fiancé. The young couple are brought to Henri's court, where they are married and raised to the aristocracy. The King's attentions to Rosette provoke a furious response from her husband. All the events at court turn out to be"
"people. William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the ""Bard of Avon"". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon,"
"""The Devil's Crown"" (1978). The early 20th-century Cunard passenger liner RMS ""Berengaria"" was named in her honour, the first Cunard ship to be named for a British queen. Berengaria of Navarre Berengaria of Navarre (, , ; 1165–1170 – 23 December 1230) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard I of England. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. As is the case with many of the medieval English queens, relatively little is known of her life. Traditionally known as ""the only English queen never to set foot in the country"","
"Navarre and the play may be based on events that happened there between 1578 and 1584. Derby married Elizabeth de Vere, whose maternal grandfather was William Cecil, thought by some critics to be the basis of the character of Polonius in ""Hamlet"". Derby was associated with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, and his brother Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery and later 4th Earl of Pembroke, the ""Incomparable Pair"" to whom William Shakespeare's First Folio is dedicated. When Derby released his estates to his son James around 1628–29, he named Pembroke and Montgomery as trustees. Derby's older brother, Ferdinando Stanley,"
"""Oxford Shakespeare"" (Martin), based on the First Folio text of 1623. Under its referencing system, 4.3.15 means act 4, scene 3, line 15. Henry VI, Part 3 Henry VI, Part 3 (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591 and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas ""1 Henry VI"" deals with the and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses and ""2 Henry VI"" focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability"
"Shakespeare's Histories might be more accurately called the ""English history plays."" These plays dramatize historical events from English history as early as the reign of ""King John"" and as late as ""Henry VIII"". In addition to these two, Shakespeare wrote eight plays covering the continuous period of history between the reigns of Richard II and Richard III. The so-called first tetralogy, apparently written in the early 1590s, deals with the later part of the struggle and includes ""Henry VI, parts one"", ""two"" & ""three"" and ""Richard III"". The second tetralogy, finished in 1599 and including ""Richard II"", ""Henry IV, Part"
"a play by William Shakespeare, while some are named after characters from ""Robinson Crusoe"", ""Moby Dick"" and others after general nautical or island-based literature. The name of Beatrice, Snicket's dedicatee, may be an allusion to the poem ""La Beatrice"" by Charles Baudelaire. The poem references an ""actor without a job,"" like the actor Count Olaf. The poem also begins with the line ""In a burnt, ash-grey land without vegetation,"" similar to the Baudelaire mansion burning down at the beginning of the series. The name Beatrice could also be an allusion to Italian poet Dante. Dante dedicated all of his works"
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail; for example, it is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour"
"France and where the religious regulations and intolerance in force in Béarn did not apply: Queen Margaret worked to create a refined court. She was indeed forming a true literary academy. Besides Agrippa d'Aubigné, Navarre's companion in arms, and Pibrac, the poet Saluste du Bartas or Montaigne frequented the court. Margaret had many exchanges with the author of the ""Essays"". The court of Nérac became especially famous for the amorous adventures that occurred there, to the point of having inspired Shakespeare's ""Love's Labour's Lost"". Margaret had an affair with one of the most illustrious companions of her husband, the Vicomte"