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William Shakespeare by Jennifer Bassett
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1.Puritans 清教徒
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Chapter 1: Toby remembers
My name is Toby.
I'man old man, 83 this spring.
My house is right in the middle of Stratford upon Avon, and I can watch the street market from my window.
But I live very quietly now, I'm just an old man sitting in a chair.
I once knew the greatest man in England for 30 years, I was his friend.
I worked with him in the through the good times and the bad times.
He was a good friend to me.
He was also the best playwright, the best poet that ever lived in England.
Will Shakespeare was his name.
I saw all his plays in the theatre.
People loved them, they shouted, laughed and cried, ate oranges and called for more.
All kinds of people, kings, queens, princes, great lords and ladies, poor people,the boys who held the horses, everyone Will Shakespeare could please them all.
He put me in a play once.
Well,he used my name Toby.
Twelfth Night was the play I remember.
Sir Toby Belch, he was a big fat man who liked drinking too much and having a good time.
Queen Elizabeth I, watched that play on Twelfth Night, the sixth January 1601, she liked it too.
Will's dead now, of course.
He's been dead more than 30 years and no one sees his plays now.
The Puritans have closed all the theatres.
There's no singing, no dancing, no plays.
It wasn't like that in my young days.
We had a good time in London, Will and I.
I've no teeth now, and my hair has all fallen out, but I can still think and remember. I remember when Will and I were young, just boys, really.
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第一章：托比的回忆
我叫托比。
我是个老头儿，今年春天就83岁了。
我的家就在埃文河畔斯特拉特福的正中心，坐在窗前，就能把街上的集市尽收眼底。
不过我现在过得很安静，只是个坐在椅子里的老头子罢了。
我曾与英格兰最伟大的人相识整整三十年，我是他的朋友。
无论顺境还是逆境，我都曾与他并肩共事。
他对我而言，是个难得的好友。
他也是有史以来英格兰最杰出的剧作家、最出色的诗人。
他的名字，叫威尔·莎士比亚。
他的每一出戏，我都曾在剧院里看过。
观众们爱极了他的戏，他们欢呼、大笑、落泪，一边吃着橘子，一边高喊着“再来一出”。
形形色色的人，国王、王后、王子、达官显贵，还有穷苦百姓，甚至连那些帮忙牵马的男孩都包括在内——无论谁，威尔·莎士比亚都能让他们尽兴。
他还曾把我写进戏里呢。
准确地说，是他用了我的名字“托比”。
我记得的那出戏叫《第十二夜》。
里面的托比·贝尔奇爵士，是个大胖子，贪杯又爱寻欢作乐。
1601年1月6日，也就是第十二夜那天，伊丽莎白一世女王也看了这出戏，她同样很喜欢。
当然，威尔现在不在了。
他去世已经三十多年了，如今也没人再看他的戏了。
清教徒们关闭了所有的剧院。
再也没有歌声，没有舞蹈，也没有戏剧演出了。
我年轻那会儿，可不是这样的。
那时候，威尔和我在伦敦度过了许多欢乐时光。
我现在牙齿掉光了，头发也全掉没了，但我的脑子还能思考，还能回忆。
我还记得我和威尔年轻的时候，说真的，那时候我们也还只是两个毛头小子呢。
