Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman is a play by the Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo.
The play takes place in the boudoir of Queen Elizabeth I of England. In the midst of political upheaval aging Elizabeth is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her lover, the Earl of Essex, who is involved in an attempted coup d'etat against the queen. In order to prepare for this tryst, she has summoned her beautician, Dame Grosslady, who speaks primarily in grammelot.
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