{"product_id":"2940156749065","title":"Elizabeth and Essex - A One Act Play","description":"One act play based on Queen Elizabeth I of England and young Robert Devereaux.  One of the most famous and tortured romances in history - between Elizabeth, and Essex - began in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was nineteen. Their passionate affair continued for five years, until Essex was beheaded for treason in 1601. In a fast-paced succession of brilliantly-rendered scenes, Charlene Ryan portrays Elizabeth and Essex's compelling attraction for each other, their impassioned disagreements and their mutual struggle for power, which culminated so tragically - for both of them. Alongside the doomed love affair, Ryan pins colorful portraits of the leading characters and influential figures of the time: Walter Raleigh, Robert Cecil and other members of her glittering court who fought to assert themselves in a kingdom and a country defined by Elizabeth's incomparable reign.","brand":"Franklin Historical Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083534778608,"sku":"2940156749065","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156749065_p0.jpg?v=1764087521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156749065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}