Eventually we will have the entire collection, but this first installment covers
The Tudors, 1509-1603.
Tons of fun, including the usual Henry VIII hi-jinks.
See if you can find the
"Petition of Tho. Pope, Richard Burbage, John Hemings, Augustine Phillips, William Shakespeare, Wm. Kempe, Wm. Siye, Nicholas Tooley, and other owners and players of the Blackfriars' Theatre, to the Council, for permission to finish the reparations and alterations at that theatre begun at their own expense..." and the notes attached by various "keepers of the record" regarding authenticity.
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