"Shakespeare's Use of the Ineffectiveness of Poison against Worthy Kings and Good Characters"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo940/
Author:
	Leone, Giuseppe.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2016
Publication Information:
	inVerbis: Lingue Letterature Culture 6, no. 2 (2016): 75–91.
DOI:
	10.7368/85383
Annotation:
	Analyzes failed poisonings Shakespeare's works: in Winter's Tale and Pericles, where poison is not administered, and in Cymbeline, where draught turns out not to be poison. Suggests that Shakespeare took inspiration from Dr. Roderigo López's trial for poisoning Queen Elizabeth (1594) and from the gospel of Mark and chose to dramatize the lesson that a blameless monarch leads to ineffective poison. English summary, online.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	López, Roderigo; Elizabeth I
Tags:
	Cymbeline, Pericles, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Sources and Influences on Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
WSB Update:
	Winter 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo940