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3 The actors come to town
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Will married Anne Hathaway in November,and she came to live in Henley Street.John Shakespeare was pleased that his oldest son was married,but I don't think Will's mother wanted him to marry so young.Families cost a lot of money,and John Shakespeare was having a lot of money troubles in those days.Times were hard in Henley Street.
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Susanna was born the next May.All babies look the same to me,but Will was very pleased with her.
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‘Look,Toby,she's got my eyes,’he said happily.‘She's going to be as beautiful as the Queen of Egypt,and as clever as King Solomon.’
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‘Oh yes?’I said.‘All parents talk like that about their children.I don't believe a word of it.’
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I didn't see much of Will's wife.I knew she didn't like me.To her,I was one of Will's wild friends,who got him into trouble.She came from a very serious,Puritan family.Lots of church-going,and no singing or dancing.
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Soon there was another baby on the way,and one evening in February 1585 I hurried round to Henley Street to hear the news.Will's sister,Joan,opened the door,and then Will came running down the stairs.
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‘It's two of them!’he said.‘Twins!A girl and a boy.Isn't that wonderful!’
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Will had some good friends,Hamnet and Judith Sadler,and he called the twins after them.John Shakespeare was very pleased to have his first grandson,and everyone was happy.For a while.
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Will and I still went around together when we could.He was still reading,and writing,and soon I could see a change in him.He was twenty-three now,and he was not happy with his life.
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‘Stratford's too small,Toby,’he said.‘Too slow.Too quiet.Too boring.I've got to get away.’
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‘Yes,but how?’I asked.‘You've got a family—three young children,remember.’
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He didn't answer.
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In the summer months companies of players often came to small towns,and in 1587 five different companies came.Will and I always went to see the plays.Will loved to talk to the actors and to listen to all their stories of London
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The Queen's Men came to Stratford in June,and we went to see the play.I don't remember what it was.I know that I laughed a lot,and that Will said it was a stupid play,with not a word of poetry in it.
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‘Why don't you write a play yourself?’I told him.
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‘Write a play?’He laughed.‘Anne would never speak to me again.’
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I didn't say anything,and Will looked at me and laughed again.
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It happened a few months later.I walked into the Shakespeares' kitchen one evening,and there was Anne,with a red,angry face,shouting at the top of her voice.
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‘How can you do this to me?And what about the children—’Then she saw me and stopped.
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Will was sitting at the table,and looked pleased to see me.‘I've told Anne,’he said quietly,‘that I'm going to live in London.I want to be an actor,and to write plays,if I can.’
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‘Plays!’screamed Anne.‘Acting!Actors are dirty,wicked people!They're all thieves and criminals!They drink all day and they never go to church—’
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‘Don't be stupid,Anne.You know that's not true.Listen.I'll come home when I can,but I must go to London.I can't do anything in Stratford.’He looked at me across the room.‘Are you coming with me,Toby?’
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‘How soon can we start?’I said.
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