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Shakespeare plays EDWARD III, King of England


Illustration: Shakespeare plays Edward dressed in medieval style.  He looks irritated as he stands over his scribe seated at a small table, quill-pen at the ready Thumbnail: Shakespeare on stage.  Use as a link to the full-size illustration

Edward is about to dictate the first lines of a love poem he is composing. His scribe, not entirely sure of the subject of the poem, asks if it is a lady the king might be thinking of.
Edward III
Act 2 Scene 1



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