The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
- First published
- 1911
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Dark Lady of the Sonnets" by George Bernard Shaw is a short comedy written in 1910. The play imagines William Shakespeare waiting at Whitehall Palace for a secret meeting with his mysterious lover. Instead, he accidentally encounters Queen Elizabeth I and seizes the opportunity to pitch an ambitious idea: the creation of a national theatre. Shaw wrote this witty one-act play as part of a real campaign to establish a Shakespeare National Theatre by 1916, blending historical figures with literary mystery and theatrical ambition.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Man-woman relationships
- Fitton, Mary, 1578?-1641
- London (England)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1050. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets on Wikipedia.
