The Apparel Proclaims the Man

Short Summary
In London Will is happy with his recent successes, which include an invitation to Lord Southampton's "saucy prancings", and a newly written "big Jew play". Robert Greene tricks him into wearing a silly outfit to the prancings so that Will will be ridiculed, but Kit Marlowe comes to the rescue. In return, Will lets Marlowe have the play, The Jew of Malta. Home in Stratford, Anne encourages Will to write a better Jew play.

Trivia

 * 1) Green attempts to trick Shakespeare into wearing "yellow tights and really silly cross-garters" for Lord Southampton's "saucy prancings" so as to ridicule him. This alludes to "Twelfth Night", where Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and Maria convince Malvolio to wear yellow stockings cross-gartered to impress Olivia, knowing that she hates both such colour and fashion.