Chicago Shakes’ “Elizabeth Rex”: A Tumultuous Ride Through the Psyche of Elizabeth I
Women pay a price for power. For Elizabeth I, that price was the permission to love—and therefore be human—according to playwright Timothy Findley, who spun this fictional story out of a historical fact: The night before the beheading of her court favorite and rumored lover, the Earl of Essex, Elizabeth was entertained by Shakespeare’s company […]
