Sunday, May 23, 2010

ROCHAS Alexandra Shakespeare in love

Viola is not such a well-born lady according to her, however her father is extremely wealthy. Indeed she complains about men at court who are interested in her fortune only.
To her mind, love on stage looks / seems artificial and ridiculous because female parts are played by young men and boys since women are not allowed on stage.
She would like to become an actress but she knows she cannot.
She likes poetry especially Shakespeare's sonnets. She wants adventure and love true love, That is to say eternal love, love at first sight, tenderness love that strikes like lightning.
Lord Wessex wants to marry Viola for her money / fortune because he needs cash to pay the mortgage on his plantations in Virginia, a new colony in North America named after Elizabeth I. The Nurse who is very down on earth protects her against her dreaminess.
The main to pic seems to be impossible love, between Shakespeare and Viola as well as Romeo and Juliet.
One subplot is how to create a play in Shakespearean Times = The playwright has to find inspiration. He had to satisfy the Queen who liked comedies.
Henslowe, the owner of the Rose, deals with the financial side of Theatre playing as well as with finding actors. the costums are made by a seamstress ( at the Curtain the Seamstress is Rosaline ).
Another problem was the closure of theatre houses due to the Plague; the opening of the houses was decided by the master of Revels in charge of the Queen's entertainment.
Shakespeare burns the first version of the first scene of Romeo and Rosaline because Rosaline was unfaithful has cheated on / betrayed him.
At the pub, he meets Christopher Marlowe, also called kit, his main competitor, another playwright, who was very famous at the time before he was killed...
The new synopsis according to Marlowe is Romeo and Juliet's synopsis. Romeo, a young man from Viola is always in and out of love until he meets Ethel, the daughter of his enemy.
She runs away because she fears that she will be recognised when she takes her hat off. Moreover she is really impressed to meet Master Shakespeare in person.
Her parents want to leave for the country ( side ) after the dance. So Viola plans to join Shakespeare's group of actors ( at the Rose ) rehearsing Romeo and Juliet.
That night, there is a dance at Viola's mansion organised by her father in order to marry Viola to Lord Wessex.
Shakespeare does not give his own name, but instead, gives Christopher Marlowe's to Lord Wessex who is threatening him with a knife. Indeed, kit might be killed by Lord Wessex's henchmen.
Shakespeare climbs on the wall and the balcony. He is seen by Viola's nurse who screams at the top of her voice. This surprises Shakespeare who falls backwards on to a bush.

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