《02—01—威廉·莎士比亚》—Unknown.pdfVIP

※※※※※※※※※※ 本电子书由塞班智能手机论坛·船说整理制作，仅供试阅。请支持正 版。 ※※※※※※※※※※ 　　[威廉·莎士比亚 / 詹妮弗·芭斯特 著] 　　William Shakespeare by Jannifer Bassett ■ 简介 　　1578年艾汶河畔的斯特拉福镇。有位男孩坐在书桌旁专心地学习， 他认真听课、拼命看书。可他在想些什么呢？ 　　1587年伦敦。一位年轻人首次到伦敦谋生。他听着闹市的喧嚣声， 看看伦敦塔雄伟的大墙，望着泰晤士河的淙淙流水。“静谧的泰晤士 河，潺潺地流淌，直到我唱完心中的歌。” 　　1601年伦敦。泰晤士河上的船夫对人群大声喊着：“快来，快来， 快来呀！‘环球剧院’快挤满人啦！”2000多观众渡过河，前来观看莎士比 亚的最新一部戏剧—— 《哈姆雷特》。 　　这本讲述莎士比亚生平故事的书是由托比叙述的。托比不是一个真 实的人物——或许莎士比亚也曾有过这样一位朋友，不过，我们无法确 知。但是书中的其他人物历史上确有其人。他们非常熟悉这位演员、诗 人兼剧作家莎士比亚。他们称他“莎士比亚缙绅”，都认为他是英国最杰 出的诗人。他的朋友本·琼生曾这样写道： 　　“他不属于一个时代，而是属于所有的时代。” 　　本书作者詹妮弗·芭斯特是位资历很深的教师和作家。她生活在英 国西南的德文郡。 ■ 1 Toby remembers 1 　　My name is Toby ．I’m an old man ，eighty-three 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 thirty years I was his friend ．I worked with him in the theatre，through the good times and the bad time ．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 the First watched that play-on Twelfth Night ，the 6th of January ，1601．She liked it ，too ． 　　Will’s dead now ，of course ．He’s been dead more than thirty years， and no one sees his pl