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[Arden - Hathaway] [HenryVIII - Mary Queen of Scots] [Poley - Walsingham]

portrait not availableRobert Poley

Shadowy agent provocateur
portrait not availableJohn Shakespeare

Father of William
Earl of Southampton portraitThe Earl of Southampton

Patron of the arts
Robert Southwell's letterRobert Southwell

Poet and Jesuit priest
portrait not availableRichard Tarlton

The most popular comedian of his age
portrait not availableRichard Topcliffe

Torturer of enemies of the state
Sir Francis Walsingham portraitSir Francis Walsingham

Secretary of State, Controller of Intelligence

[Arden - Hathaway] [HenryVIII - Mary Queen of Scots] [Poley - Walsingham]

All Players

Edward Arden
James Burbage
Richard Burbage
Edmund Campion
William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester
Elizabeth I
Earl of Essex
John Fribbling
Anne Hathaway
Henry VIII
William Herbert
Lord Hunsdon
James I
Ben Jonson
William Kemp
Emilia Lanier (the Dark Lady?)
Sir Thomas Lucy
Christopher Marlowe
Mary Queen of Scots
Robert Poley
John Shakespeare
The Earl of Southampton
Robert Southwell
Richard Tarlton
Richard Topcliffe
Sir Francis Walsingham
In your state
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