:44:01
I think milady is wise
to keep your love at a distance.
:44:05
For what lady
could live up to it close to...
:44:08
when her eyes and lips and voice may be
no more beautiful than mine.
:44:13
[ Scoffs ]
Besides, can a--
:44:15
can a lady of wealth
and noble marriage...
:44:18
love happily
with a bankside poet and player?
:44:21
Yes, by God!
:44:24
Love knows nothing
of rank or riverbank.
:44:26
It will spark between a queen and
the poor vagabond who plays the king.
:44:30
Their love
should be minded by each,
:44:32
for love denied blights
the soul we owe to God.
:44:35
So tell my lady William Shakespeare
waits for her in the garden.
:44:38
But what of
Lord Wessex?
:44:40
For one kiss I would defy
a thousand Wessexes.
:44:51
[ Whispers ]
Oh, Will.
:44:54
Thank you, my lady.
:44:58
Lady?
:45:00
Viola De Lesseps.
Known her since she was this high.
:45:03
Wouldn't deceive a child.
:45:08
Strangely enough,
I'm a bit of a writer meself.
:45:12
It wouldn't take you long
to read it.
:45:15
I expect you'd know
all the booksellers!
:45:23
[ Gasps ]
:45:26
Can you love a fool?
:45:28
Can you love a player?
:45:38
Wait!
:45:41
You're still a maid,
and perhaps as mistook in me
as I was mistook in Thomas Kent.
:45:44
Are you the author of the plays
of William Shakespeare?
:45:47
I am.
:45:49
Then kiss me again,
for I am not mistook.
:45:57
[ Viola Giggling, Sighing ]