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Clips from Anonymous

"wakes me from my flow'ry bed?"
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"BOTTOM: ♪ The finch, the sparrow and the lark ♪"
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"♪ The plain-song cuckoo gray ♪"
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"lf we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended."
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"That you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear."
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"And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream."
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"Gentles, do not reprehend. lf you pardon, we will mend."
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"So good night unto you all."
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"Give me your hands, if we be friends,"
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"and Robin shall restore amends."
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"[ELlZABETH LAUGHS]"
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"Wonderful, wonderful."
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"Most wonderful."
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"[APPLAUSE CONTlNUES]"
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"[ELlZABETH CHUCKLES]"
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"lt was so funny. She really loved the donkey."
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"Edward, Edward, when can we do it again?"
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"Ah. There he is."
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"Your father tells me you wrote this evening's play yourself."
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"l did indeed, Your Majesty."
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"ELlZABETH: You sport with me."
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"Compose something."
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"Now? Yes, now."
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"On what subject, Your Grace?"
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"On truth."
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"For truth,"
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"is truth,"
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"though never so old,"
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"and time cannot make that false which once was true."
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"My Lord of Oxford, it seems you have added a poet"
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"to your family's line of warriors."
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"l am as accomplished with sword and musket as l am in verse."
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"Are you indeed?"
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"lt is my only desire to be Your Majesty's most trusted servant"
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"in matters both of war and state, if you will but have me."
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"Why, Lord Cecil, we may very well have found your replacement."
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"We hope not too soon, Your Majesty."
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"[CLEARS THROAT]"
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"ELlZABETH [WHlSPERlNG]: lf plays are indeed"
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"such a sin, l pray that l do not find my salvation until very late in life."
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"[DOOR THUDS]"
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"MAN: Jonson!"
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"Benjamin Jonson!"
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"You have been released."
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"Got powerful friends now, don't you?"
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"[♪♪♪]"
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"MAN: Ship oars!"
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"Ahem. My lord."
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"The Tudor rose."
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"The most beautiful of flowers, do you not think?"
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"And it was hard to come by."
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"One does not cross my father-in-law lightly."
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"Lord William Cecil."
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"l have the questionable distinction to be married to his only daughter."
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"lt was helpful when l wrote to your jailers"
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"to release you in my father-in-law's name."
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"My release was not officially sanctioned?"
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"Don't be an idiot. Of course it wasn't. But you are free, are you not?"
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"l enjoyed your little comedy, Jonson. You have great potential."
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"Thank you, my lord."
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"But its politics did have quite an effect on the Tower."
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"My father-in-law's men felt it quite seditious."
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"Politics. My play has nothing to do with politics."
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"lt's just a simple comedy."
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"That showed your betters as fools who would barely get food"
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"from plate to mouth without the cleverness of their servants."
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"All art is political, Jonson. Otherwise, it would just be decoration."
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"And all artists have something to say. Otherwise, they'd make shoes."
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"And you are not a cobbler, are you, Jonson?"
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"Francesco?"
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"A play, my lord."
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"One you shall stage Bankside."
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"JONSON: Stage?"
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"Under your name."
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"My name, my lord?"
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"l can't very well use my name, can l?"
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"l'm the 17th Earl of Oxford."
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"The Lord Great Chamberlain of England, Viscount Bolebec,"
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"Lord of Escales, Sanford and Badlesmere, etc. No."
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"l have a reputation to protect."
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"ln my world, one does not write plays, Jonson."
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"People like you do."
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"Yes, my lord."
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"My lord, you wrote an entire play. l know how difficult that is."
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"No doubt many more than you yourself."
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"A good number performed years ago, others never seen by a living soul."
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"And you want me to put my name to this play?"
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"No, l mean you to put your name to all of them."
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"All of them? Don't look at me"
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"like l just gutted your pet dog."
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"l mean to make you the most popular,"
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"and therefore most monetarily successful playwright in London."
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"l wish you Godspeed and good morrow."
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"My lord, l really--"
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"And for your silence."
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"lf you break that silence, mm, not so good for Signor Jonson."
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"WlLLlAM: Tell me about this play."
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"lt was an anonymous gift."
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"Essex insisted it be performed just to spite me in front of court."
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"Of course he did. What was it about?"
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"Some nonsense about fairies and cherubs."
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"And dancing asses."
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"Edward, our poet earl, has returned to court."
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"Father,"
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"it was just a play."
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"She adores them! And Edward knows it!"
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"Mark my words, he has done this to spite us."
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"[♪♪♪]"
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"Edward wishes to choose the next king."
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"Haven't you convinced the Privy Council"
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"to crown James of Scotland the next king?"
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"Nobody has a better claim."
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"Except one of Elizabeth's bastards."
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"You mean Essex."
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"He despises us."
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"We shall lose all of our royal licenses, our property!"
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"l shall convince her to send Essex to lreland"
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"to quell the Catholic rebellion."
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"Southampton will follow."
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"And if God is watching, neither will return alive. And if he is not..."
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