作者PAUL M. LEE李慕白教授選輯莎翁最經典的幾部作品,品味文學同時學習英語,一箭雙鵰! 【內文欣賞】
CHAPTER 1
WHEN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was about four years old he had a chance to see his first play.
There had once been a yearly pageant in Stratford on St. George’s Day, with a dragon that snorted fire made of real gunpower. But the dragon had been put away six years before Shakespeare was born, and there had been very little make believe in Stratford until the day the actors arrived.
The acting company came on horseback, bringing a wagon for their costumes and their swords, their feathers and their drums. They went first to the mayor, to ask his permission to put on plays in Stratford, and the mayor for that year happened to be Mr. John Shakespeare, William’s father. The mayor not only gave his permission but also arranged for a payment of nine shillings out of the town funds so that the first show could be seen by everyone without charge.