“ HALL, } Shakespeare’s daughters

COURTIERS AND SERVANTS


SHAKESPEARE AND HIS LOVE

[ACT I]
ScenesI-VIIThe Stage of the Globe Theatre.
VIII-XThe Antechamber at Court
[ACT II]
ScenesI-IIIn the “Mermaid”
III-VIIn the Gardens of St. James’s Palace by moonlight
[ACT III]
ScenesI-IVIn the “Mitre” Tavern
V-VIA Room in Lord William Herbert’s Lodgings
[ACT IV]
ScenesI-IVIn the “Mitre” Tavern
V-VIThe Throne Room at Court
[THE EPILOGUE]
ScenesI-IIA Bedchamber in Shakespeare’s House at Stratford
Time
Acts I, II, III and IV take place in the summer of 1598 The Epilogue in April, 1616

ACT I


Scene I.

The tiring-room behind the stage of the Globe theatre after a performance of “The Merchant of Venice.”