Sir Thomas More
Written: 1603-04
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Characters: Sir Thomas More
Setting: London
Time: 1517
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Notes on Sir Thomas More
Immigration in Tutor England
Read the NoteShakespeare’s contribution to the play Sir Thomas More, which may never have been produced, is noteworthy both for More’s compassionate speech about immigrants and because that speech is the only known surviving manuscript written in Shakespeare’s hand. The scene recounts the events of Evil May Day in 1517, during Henry VIII’s reign when Londoners, after sporadic rioting, threatened to kill Flemish and other European immigrants who were thought to be taking Englishmen’s work.
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Quotes from Sir Thomas More
Alas, poor things, what is it you have got
Read the QuoteThomas More
Alas, poor things, what is it you have got,
Although we grant you get the thing you seek?
George
Marry, the removing of the strangers, which cannot
choose but much advantage the poor handicrafts of the city.
Thomas More
Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
Hath chid down all the majesty of England;
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