Elizabeth I, the People's Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities

Elizabeth I, the People's Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities — page 9
And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances Shakespeare and the rest of the Lord Chamber lain’s Men went on stage before Queen Elizabeth on January 6 1600 He may well have wondered about the queen Elizabeth though dressed in a gown heavy with jewels and embroidery was showing her years The queen was heavily painted with white makeup but Shakespeare could see the lines etched on her face They marked a long and complex life Queen Elizabeth's very life Wash1 high drama Sur rounding her was a cast of characters kings queens lords ladies heroes villains gentlemen gentle women soldiers sailors and ordinary English folk Like Shakespeare's actors they made their entrances and exits as Elizabeth's drama unfolded Each man and woman together with the queen played against a bold brutal backdrop In the 1500s there were wars among Europe's feuding nations about how to worship God But amid this setting of strife and blood there was good news the rise of a tiny island nation called England during the Age of