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.
1:15:02
Let him come. I should be glad to see him.
1:15:06
Let him bring his revolution with him.
1:15:09
How long do you think it will last
when I have looked on it?
1:15:13
Please. There are plenty of troops available.
Let me post...
1:15:16
With your gracious permission, I will not.
1:15:20
Burghley, stay where you are, all of you.
1:15:24
This court wriggles like a mess of eels.
1:15:27
There will be no troops posted, no guard,
no defense steps taken, none.
1:15:31
- Your Grace, there's a mob rising in the city.
- It's true, I've come from there.
1:15:35
They've stormed Fleet Street
and broken into a wine merchant's cellar.
1:15:39
It's said they'll attack Fleet Prison
and set free the prisoners.
1:15:43
They've broken into a wine cellar.
They'll go no farther.
1:15:47
We're a marvelous people, we English...
1:15:49
...but we cannot hold our liquor.
- But, Your Majesty...
1:15:52
What do they say, these wine drinkers?
1:15:55
- "Up Essex, down Elizabeth"?
- Yes, Your Majesty.
1:15:58
Of course. What else
would they be crying?