Lord Wessex Quotes in Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Lord Wessex: I have spoken with your father.

Viola De Lesseps: So, my lord? I speak with him every day.

Lord Wessex: Is she obedient?

Sir Robert de Lesseps: As any mule in Christendom - but if you are the man to ride her, there are rubies in the saddlebag.

Lord Wessex: I like her!

Lord Wessex: My lady, the tide waits for no man, but I swear it would wait for you.

Lord Wessex: How is this to end?

Queen Elizabeth: As stories must when love's denied: with tears and a journey.

Lord Wessex: I cannot shed blood in her house, but I will cut your throat anon. Do you have a name?

William Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe, at your service.

Queen Elizabeth: [after inspecting Viola] Have her then, but you're a lordly fool. She's been plucked since I saw her last, and not by you... it takes a woman to know it.

Lord Wessex: [angrily] Marlowe!