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==The original text==

Revision as of 17:53, 28 March 2025

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is a short comedy by George Bernard Shaw

The original text

Written in 1910, it has William Shakespeare, intending to meet the "Dark Lady", accidentally encountering Queen Elizabeth I and then attempts to persuade her to create a national theatre.

The play was written as part of a campaign to create a "Shakespeare National Theatre" by 1916.

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Performance history in South Africa

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