Short Plays · Character
Eliza Shakespeare
A mysterious woman in the Dark Lady of the Sonnets who may be Queen Elizabeth herself, or merely the fevered invention of a poet's longing.
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Also known as Shakespeare, Master Shakespeare, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Master Shakespeare, great Elizabeth
First appearance: the dark lady of the sonnets
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She slips through the shadows of Shakespeare's London, a figure whose identity flickers between sovereign and muse, leaving even the Bard uncertain whom he addresses. Her presence forces a collision between royal…
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