Fool's Harbour

It's Valentine's Day . I didn't plan on reading something fitting, but I accidentally did. I've just sat and read the play, Sir Thomas Wyatt , published 1607, by John Webster and Thomas Dekker. The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat It's about the brief crowning and downfall of Lady Jane Grey, as Mary I ascends to the throne following the death of Edward VI. The tragic romance comes in regard the dove-eyed relationship between Lady Jane Grey and her young spouse, Lord Guildford Dudley. The two innocents losing their heads together, thanks to the intrigues of their parents. In fact, there's quite a Christian subtext to play. Along with the more overt Catholic/Protestant tensions. The love of these two young 'uns overcomes death, Christ-like, in a spiritual sense. Meanwhile, the servant of the Duke of Suffolk, who betrays his master for money, hangs himself, Judas-like, because of the guilt. The central figure of the play, Thomas Wyatt, also finds a traitor...