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1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors - cover
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1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors

Mark Twain

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Publisher: LibriVox

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Summary

Please note: this recording contains strong language."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 SayersNarrator — Jonathan HorniblowThe Queen — mietteBeaumonte — David LawrenceLady Margery Boothy — Kristin HughesLady Alice Dilberry, Ben Jonson, Lord Bacon — Ruth GoldingLady Helen — PhilippaSir Walter Ralegh — Mark F. SmithShaxpur — Andy Minter
Duration: 20 minutes (00:19:39)
Publishing date: 2014-08-25; Copyright Year: 1880. Copyright Statment: —