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英语听力:威廉·莎士比亚 08. A Scottish King for England.

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8 A Scottish1 King for England

 

  Will's father died in September 1601.In his last years John Shakespeare2 was a happy man.His son was famous,and the Shakespeare family was important again in Stratford.But there weren't many children in the family.Will's sister Joan was married3 and had a little boy,but Will's brothers didn't have any children.

  Susanna,Will's older daughter,was now eighteen,and Will said to her one day:

  ‘We must find you a husband soon,Susanna.’

  But Susanna shook her head.‘Oh,I don't want to be married,Father,thank you.’

  We all smiled at that,because there was already a young man who was often a visitor at New Place.That was John Hall,a clever young doctor.Will liked him.

  Back in London,the theatres were always full,and actors were now important people in the city.Will and I were now living in very fine lodgings4 in Silver5 Street,with the Mountjoy family.The Globe6 and the Lord7 Chamberlain's Men were doing very well,and the older actors in the company were making money,and buying houses and land.But some people still thought that actors were dangerous,wicked people.

  Then Queen8 Elizabeth died,on the 24th of March 1603,at Richmond.I remember the day well.The theatres were closed —you can't have plays when a queen is dying9—and we were all at Henry Condell's house.He and John Heminges lived verg near our lodgings in Cripplegate.

  We were all very worried.The new King of England was James the First.He was already King of Scotland,and he had a young wife,Queen Anne of Denmark,and three young children.But what was he like?Would he be a good king?And,most importantly,did he like plays?

  ‘If King James doesn't like plays,’said Henry Condell,‘we're finished.There are already a lot of Puritans on the London City Council,and they'd love to close the theatres down.’

  Henry always looked at the black side of everything.

  ‘Well,he's written a lot of books himself,’said Will ‘Perhaps he'll be interested in plays,too We'll just have to wait and see.’

  We didn't have to wait long.On the 19th of May I was underneath10 the stage in the Globe.I was trying to mend a bro-ken door in the floor of the stage.We used11 this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke.Suddenly,I heard feet running across the stage.I looked up through the hole,and saw Will and John Heminges and Richard Burbage.They were all very excited.

  ‘Listen to this,Toby,’said Will.He was holding a piece of paper in his hand.‘It's a letter from King James!From today,we are the King's Men!We're working for the King himself,and he wants to see all the plays.’

  ‘We're going to have new red coats to wear when we go to court,’Richard said.

  ‘And,’John said,‘he's going to pay us 20 for every play at court.What do you think about that,Toby?’

  We were all laughing and smiling now.‘Well,John,’I said.‘If we're so rich,can I have a new door?I can't mend this one again—it's too old.’

  That summer the plague12 came back.By July a thousand people were dying every week in London.One of them was the little son of Will's friend,Ben Jonson.By the end of the year there were 33,000 dead in England.The theatres closed,and the King's Men went on tour.

  Will and I spent the summer at Stratford.When Christmas came,the King's Men put on a lot of plays at court.The King was at Hampton Court Palace that year,which was outside London,well away from the plague.I couldn't go because I fell off my horse one day and broke my leg.Stupid13 thing to do!I had to stay at home,but Will told me all about it when he came back.

  ‘The new King and Queen like to enjoy themselves,Toby,’he said.‘They're a happy family.Prince14 Henry,Who's nine,is very a nice little boy,and his sister Elizabeth is beautiful.Little Prince Charles is only two.’He was silent15 for a minute.Perhaps he was thinking16 about Hamnet.Then he went on,‘Qieen Anne likes plays very much.She likes music and dancing,too—she showed her legs in one dance!’

  ‘My word!’I said.‘Things like that never happened at court in Queen,Elizabeth's days.’

  ‘We live in different times,Toby.A lot of things are going to change.’

  But change only comes slowly.The King's Men went from one success to another.At the King's court at Christmas 1604,there were twenty-two plays,and eight of them were Will's.In 1605 there were thirteen plays at court—and ten of them were Will's.

  We always did the plays at the Globe first,before we took them to court.Will was writing more slowly now,but during these years he wrote some of his best plays:Othello,Macbeth,and King Lear.That was a sad,dark play.When King Lear carried his dead daughter Cordelia on to the stage…Well,every man,woman,and child in the Globe was crying.It's true.Richard Burbage played Lear,of course.What an actor he was!

 

8 苏格兰来的英国国王

 

  1601年9月威尔的父亲过世了。约翰·莎士比亚安然愉快地度过了晚年。他的儿子出了名,自然莎士比亚家族在斯特拉福镇又风光起来。只是这个家族子嗣不多,威尔的妹妹琼结婚后只生了一个小男孩,而威尔的几个兄弟都后继无人。

  如今,威尔的大女儿,苏姗娜已是一个十八岁的大姑娘。一天,威尔问她:

  “苏珊娜,我们很快该给你物色丈夫啦。”

  苏姗娜拼命摇头,“哦,我还不想结婚呢,爸爸,谢谢你。”

  我们会意地笑了起来,其实有个青年早已成为“新地方”的常客。他叫约翰·霍尔,是个聪明的青年医生。威尔很喜欢他。

  再回到伦敦,形势已明显好转,剧院经常爆满,演员在市里已成为举足轻重的人物。威尔和我住进了银街的豪华住所,同住的是芒特乔伊家。“环球剧院”和“宫内大臣剧院”事业兴隆,剧团中老资格的演员赚了钱,开始买地置产。不过,还有少数人始终认为演员既危险又龌龊。

  1603年3月24日,伊丽莎白女王死于里士满宫。这天我记忆犹新,各家剧院关门息演——女王快要驾崩时,是不许演出的——于是大家都聚到亨利·康德尔家。他和约翰·海明就住在我们住处附近的“克里普勒门”大街。

  大家都忧心忡忡。新继位的英国国王是詹姆士一世。他已经是苏格兰国王了,年轻的妻子是丹麦的安妮王后,膝下有三个孩子。不知这国王为人怎么样?他是不是位好国王呢?最重要的是,他是否爱看戏?

  “万一詹姆士国王不爱看戏,”亨利·康德尔说道,“那我们全完了。伦敦市政参议会中有许多清教徒,他们巴不得关闭剧院呢。”

  亨利总是想到事情的阴暗面。

  “然而,国王他自己也曾写过许多书,”威尔说,“或许他也会对戏剧感兴趣的。我们只能等着瞧。”

  我们并没等多久。5月19日,我正在“环球剧院”的舞台下面修理舞台场地的一扇破门,这扇门是演出时,让幽灵驾着一团烟雾进出用的。突然,我听到一阵脚步声跑过舞台,透过洞眼,向上一看,原来是威尔,约翰·海明和理查·白贝芝,他们欣喜若狂。

  “听着,托比,”威尔手中攥着一张纸条说道,“这是詹姆士国王的亲笔信。从今天起,我们属于“国王剧团”,要专为国王陛下服务,他想看我们所有的戏剧的演出。”

  “这次进宫演出,我们将穿上新的红色大衣。”理查说。

  “还有,”约翰说,“宫里演出费每场20英磅。托比,你觉得这事怎么样?”

  这回我们都开怀大笑。“嗨,约翰,”我说道,要是我们有了钱,可得给我买一扇新门啦?这扇破门再也不能修了——它太旧了。”

  那年夏天,瘟疫卷土重来。到7月,伦敦每星期都有上千人濒临死亡。其中就有威尔好友本·琼生的小儿子。时至年底,英国有3万3千人死于瘟疫。剧院被封,“国王剧团”开始下乡演戏。

  那年夏天,威尔和我返回斯特拉福镇。到圣诞节来临,“国王剧团”入宫演出了很多出戏。那年,国王到伦敦境外的汉普敦宫躲避瘟疫。由于我不幸落马摔断腿而不能入宫。真是倒霉!只得呆在家里,不过,威尔一回来就会告诉我入宫演出的情况:

  “托比,新国王和王后真懂得生活,”他说道,“他们家庭幸福美满,亨利王子,9岁,招人喜爱,女儿伊丽莎白公主长相姣好,还有一个才两岁的查尔斯小王子。”他沉默了片刻,或许又想起爱子哈姆奈特。然后他继续说道,“安妮王后非常爱看戏,还喜爱音乐和舞蹈——一次舞会中居然露出双腿呢!”

  “真没想到!”我说,“伊丽莎白女王在位时,宫中从未发生过这种事呀!”

  “我们已生活在不同的时代了,托比。许多事都将不断变化。”

  但变化只是姗姗而来。“国王剧团”一次又一次取得成功。1604年圣诞节,我们入宫演出了22部戏剧,其中八部是威尔的剧本。1605年,入宫演出了13部戏剧——10部是威尔的剧本。

  入宫演出前,我们通常先在“环球剧院”试演。尽管威尔创作速度已不如当年,但这些年间,他又创作了一些著名的剧本——《奥赛罗》、《麦克佩斯》和《李尔王》。《李尔王》是一部格调低沉的悲剧。当李尔王抱着死去的女儿考迪莉亚走上舞台时……哇,“环球剧院”内不论男女老少都失声痛哭。这可一点不假。当然,还是由理查·白贝芝扮演李尔王,他真是一个了不起的演员! 


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1 Scottish IDSyW     
adj.苏格兰(人)的;n.苏格兰(人);苏格兰语
参考例句:
  • My husband and I are scottish.我和我丈夫是苏格兰人。
  • Scottish life in London centres round this spot.苏格兰人在伦敦的生活区集中在这一带。
2 Shakespeare 9i7zjD     
n.莎士比亚(16世纪英国剧作家、诗人)
参考例句:
  • Shakespeare is a giant among writers.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘.
  • He read Shakespeare to help his English.他阅读莎士比亚的作品以提高自己的英语水平。
3 married HBbx9     
adj.已婚的;与…结婚的
参考例句:
  • I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
  • They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。
4 lodgings f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e     
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
参考例句:
  • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
  • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
5 silver AyzwM     
adj.银色的,银的;n.银,银币,银器;vt.镀银,变成银白色
参考例句:
  • I like taking a walk under the silver moon.我喜欢在银色的月光下散步。
  • The family must come together for the parents' silver wedding.全家必须聚会庆祝父母的银婚。
6 globe xgSxY     
n.地球;地球仪;球体;世界
参考例句:
  • The globe is rolling round all the time.地球一直在转动。
  • We use a globe in our geography class.我们在地理课上使用地球仪。
7 lord t0NxW     
n.上帝,主;主人,长官;君主,贵族
参考例句:
  • I know the Lord will look after him.我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
  • How good of the Lord not to level it beyond repair!上帝多么仁慈啊,竟没有让这所房子损毁得不可收拾!
8 queen WS2xH     
n.女王,皇后;(纸牌、国际象棋中的)王后
参考例句:
  • She sounds like a queen!她听起来像是一个王后!
  • The evil queen is very angry.邪恶的皇后非常生气。
9 dying 1rGx0     
adj.垂死的,临终的
参考例句:
  • He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
  • She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子,那里有一个垂死的人。
10 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
11 used ajBwV     
adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常
参考例句:
  • I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
  • He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
12 plague x2yz2     
n.瘟疫,鼠疫,祸患,灾难;v.烦扰,使痛苦
参考例句:
  • Plague was then prevailing in that city.当时瘟疫正在该城流行。
  • The plague once could wipe out a village.鼠疫曾一度可以夺走整个村庄村民的生命。
13 stupid ttBwD     
adj.愚蠢的,笨拙的,麻木的,无趣味的;n.傻瓜
参考例句:
  • The boy is too stupid.那个男孩太笨了。
  • He must be really stupid.那他一定很傻。
14 prince aQZx4     
n.王子,太子,诸侯
参考例句:
  • Prince Charles has again fallen from his horse.查尔斯王子又一次从马上摔了下来。
  • The prince and the princess lived happily ever after.从此以后王子和公主就一直过着幸福的日子。
15 silent eEVz8     
adj.安静的,不吵闹的,沉默的,无言的;n.(复数)默剧
参考例句:
  • Immediately on his beginning to speak,everyone was silent.他一讲话,大家顿时安静下来。
  • The boys looked at the conjuror in silent wonder. 孩子们目瞪口呆地看着那魔术师。
16 thinking ggzz2u     
n.思考,思想;adj.思考的,有理性的;vbl.想,思考
参考例句:
  • All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
  • Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。
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