Cue for Treason
What did Shakespeare say he will do when he’s all done writing plays?
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Shakepeare says he'd like to retire to the country.
"I think so . . . when I'm ready." Shakespeare looked into the crackling fire, and as he went on quietly talking I knew he was looking straight through the flames and the black chimney into Warwickshire. "That house I bought last year at Stratford—"
"New Place.?"
"Yes. That's the home for me, not those poky rooms in Bishopsgate. I want a garden. I want a river; the Thames isn't a river here ; it's a street and a sewer and a cemetery!" He turned suddenly to me. "What do you say, Peter.? Where do you mean to end your days.? London—or Cumberland.?"
Cur for Treason