Many years ago doing Henry 4th at school my teacher said that the very earliest stage performances in Elizabethan times had Glendower speaking Welsh on the London stage. I know Elizabeth the First spoke Welsh but, in those days was the language so much more spread over Britain than now or was he simply wrong?
2006-09-26 00:21:02 · 2 answers · asked by BigAl 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
he was simply wrong my Friend
2006-09-27 03:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by Shaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, not sure about lizzy 1 speaking welsh, the tudors had welsh routes but as for fluency....mind you, she was supposed to be a brilliant woman.
wales' borders were pretty much set at this time so no, i don't think that the language was more "broadly" spoken, geographically but proportionally of course, yes, there were more welsh speakers as that's all we spoke!
2006-09-27 06:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by sd5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋