Sir John Oldcastle

Sir John Oldcastle is an Elizabethan play about John Oldcastle, a controversial 14th-15th century rebel and Lollard who was seen by some of Shakespeare's contemporaries as a proto-Protestant martyr.

Read more about Sir John Oldcastle:  Publication, Historical Figure, Shakespeare's Oldcastle, The Lords Cobham, Politics

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    “I have a Vision of the Future, chum.
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