As a humble scribe living out a humdrum existence in the City of London in Elizabethan times, Stephen finds his escape across the river amongst the crowds of the teeming theatres where he is transported by the spectacle.
But poetry isn’t everything. When a young Welsh actor called Ioan catches his eye, he’s tempted to overcome his shyness and make his acquaintance. Is Stephen out of his depth in this colourful world with its undertones of danger? Or might there be a slim chance that Ioan can return his feelings?
Chapter 1Bankside, London, 1595 After hour upon hour hunched at his desk as a humble scrivener to a notary, this was the moment Stephen had been waiting for all week long. The Rose theatre had as full an audience as it could gain today. It had gone two o’clock in the afternoon, and Stephen waited impatiently for the second trumpet sound to signal the start of the performance. Although he had seen Christopher Marlowe’s popular play Tamburlaine during the playwright’s brief lifetime, he almost held his breath in giddy anticipation. He noted that some of the theatregoers acted as though going to St. Bartholomew’s Fair, the outing and the spectacle counting for more than the play itself. Others came for the novelty of being in Southwark, a dangerous part of town over the River Thames, outsid
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