• 1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors by Mark Twain (1835

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1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors by Mark Twain (1835

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    "1601," wrote Mark Twain, "is a supposititious conversation which takes place in Queen Elizabeth's closet in that year, between the Queen, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Sir Walter Raleigh, the Duchess of Bilgewater, and one or two others ... If there is a decent word findable in it, it is because I overlooked it." 1601 depicts a highfalutin and earthy discussion between the Queen and her court about farting and a variety of sexual peccadillos, narrated disapprovingly and sanctimoniously by the Queen's Cup-Bearer, an eyewitness at "the Social Fireside." [Summary by Denny Sayers]

    Cast:
    Introduction — Denny Sayers
    Narrator — Jonathan Horniblow
    The Queen — miette
    Beaumonte — David Lawrence
    Lady Margery Boothy — Kristin Hughes
    Lady Alice Dilberry, Ben Jonson, Lord Bacon — Ruth Golding
    Lady Helen — Philippa
    Sir Walter Ralegh — Mark F. Smith
    Shaxpur — Andy Minter
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