中英文本

The new King and Queen like to enjoy themselves，Toby，he said．
托比，新国王和王后真懂得生活，他说道，
They're a happy family．
他们家庭幸福美满，
Prince Henry，Who's nine，is very a nice little boy，and his sister Elizabeth is beautiful．
亨利王子，9岁，招人喜爱，女儿伊丽莎白公主长相姣好，
Little Prince Charles is only two．
还有一个才两岁的查尔斯小王子。
He was silent for a minute．
他沉默了片刻，
Perhaps he was thinking about Hamnet．
或许又想起爱子哈姆奈特。
Then he went on，Qieen Anne likes plays very much．
然后他继续说道，安妮王后非常爱看戏，
She likes music and dancing，too—she showed her legs in one dance！
还喜爱音乐和舞蹈—一次舞会中居然露出双腿呢！
My word！I said．Things like that never happened at court in Queen，Elizabeth's days．
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！
We live in different times，Toby．A lot of things are going to change．
我们已生活在不同的时代了，托比。许多事都将不断变化。
But change only comes slowly．The King's Men went from one success to another．
但变化只是姗姗而来。国王剧团一次又一次取得成功。
At the King's court at Christmas 1604，there were twenty-two plays，and eight of them were Will's．
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。
In 1605 there were thirteen plays at court—and ten of them were Will's．
1605年，入宫演出了13部戏剧—10部是威尔的剧本。
We always did the plays at the Globe first，before we took them to court．
入宫演出前，我们通常先在环球剧院试演。
Will was writing more slowly now，but during these years he wrote some of his best plays：Othello，Macbeth，and King Lear．
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》。
That was a sad，dark play．
《李尔王》是一部格调低沉的悲剧。
When King Lear carried his dead daughter Cordelia on to the stage…Well，every man，woman，and child in the Globe was crying．
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。
It's true．Richard Burbage played Lear，of course．What an actor he was！
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！
莎翁经典

善良人的生命，往往在他们帽上的花朵还没有枯萎以前就化为朝露。《麦克白》