Word: earl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dangerous to profess the Roman Catholic faith in England. "Design for a Stained Glass Window" deals with the effects of this pressure on the convictions of several people in the ten years covered by the play's action. Robin Flemming, a tradesman of York, forswears Catholicism and eventually becomes Earl of Hartford a favorite of Elizabeth. His partner, John Clitherow, a prosperous Anglican merchant, wished to leave others alone and to he left alone, but this turns out to be impossible...
Margaret, Clitherow's steadfastly, Catholic wife, engages in a good many church activities deemed treasonable by the Queen. Eventually Margaret's former suitor, now Earl, of Hartford, causes her to be condemned to death when she refuses to give up her beliefs...