1:13:55
I show myself for the first time for days
and meet nothing but glum faces.
1:14:00
Burghley, you at least should be merry.
1:14:03
I hear you've been attending the theater.
1:14:06
- No, madam.
- You forbid the performance of Richard II...
1:14:09
...by Master Shakespeare and
his players without consulting me.
1:14:13
- Why?
- The play is treasonous, Your Majesty.
1:14:17
It shows the dethronement of a king.
1:14:20
What then? Are my people so easily led
that they would run from the theater...
1:14:25
...to pull their queen out of her chair?
1:14:29
Who is there here
fears a rebellion against me?
1:14:33
Not myself, certainly.
1:14:35
There are mutterings, Your Grace.
1:14:37
Let them mutter. Let them cry out.
1:14:40
When they've worn themselves weary,
they'll get drunk...
1:14:43
...sleep soundly, wake up the wiser.
1:14:49
Your Majesty, I beg you to speak
with me alone a moment.
1:14:52
I answered your request earlier.
1:14:54
If Your Majesty knew
what it was about...
1:14:57
I do know.
1:14:59
Lord Essex is on his way here.