For the sixth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Did Shakespeare know Queen Elizabeth 1?”. This is something that people love to imagine, that these two icons of British culture could have had a relationship, and in this episode we look at Shakespeare's royal patronage, performance's at court and whether or not anyone could really have had a relationship with a monarch at all. Ye Bard - hys Birth... ye immortal bard cometh to town - ergo, he is Born in ye merrie town of Stratford, A. D. 1564, c1850, by unknown author Ye Bard - hys Birth... ye immortal bard cometh to town - ergo, he is Born in ye merrie town of Stratford, A. D. 1564, c1850, by unknown author This weeks guests are: - Professor Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute - Dr Elizabeth Dollimore, Outreach and Primary Learning Manager a the SBT - Professor Stanley Wells, Honorary President of the SBT - Dr Anjna Chouhan, Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies at the SBT - - Ben Crystal, Actor Director and producer If you want to get in touch, you can tweet us on @ShakespeareBT or using the hashtag #talkshakespeare. You can find the shownotes for this episode over on our blog: http://bit.ly/1NP5hEr