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Summary
London, February 1601.
Friends of The Queen's favourite, the Earl of Essex, pay the Lord Chamberlain's Men at the Globe a bonus of 40 shillings to put on Richard II, including its banned deposition scene, on the 7th.
The next day Essex rises in revolt against the Queen, but finds no support among the common people and is defeated.
On the 24th the Chamberlain's Men are called upon to perform before the Queen at court. There is no record of which play was chosen.
Essex was beheaded on the 25th.
The Queen dies two years later in her 70th year.
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