A Gentleman Player; His Adventures on a Secret Mission for Queen Elizabeth
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A trumpet call at London's Globe Theatre draws a restless crowd to a performance of Hamlet in March 1601. Robert Neilson Stephens places fashionable spectators beside citizens and apprentices, then moves behind the stage to show Shakespeare overseeing his actors. Talk among the theatre's visitors brings court politics into the scene. The novel opens with the preparations, social divisions and noisy expectations surrounding a new play.
The adventure later follows Hal Marryott through Yorkshire as he manages a coach party and prepares for pursuit by Barnet's men. Difficult roads require riders to dismount and help push the wheels, while fresh horses and overnight shelter demand negotiation. Anne and her page remain under guard as Hal arranges the company's lodging at an inn. These scenes give readers interested in historical fiction a detailed picture of travel, group discipline and practical decisions made under pressure.
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- Robert Neilson Stephens
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- 230
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- English
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