Daniel Evans directs Liz Duffy Adams’ thrilling imagining of the relationship between two literary icons at odds with the world around them.

Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe is the rock star of the Elizabethan stage - a notorious freethinker and scandalous spy for the Crown. Will Shakespeare is a jobbing actor and ambitious young playwright still searching for his voice.

In this ‘sizzling and intelligent slice of historical fiction’ (Guardian), the two writers are drawn into a dangerous game of rivalry and suspicion - and forced to collaborate.

Across three secret meetings in the back room of a pub, the table between them becomes their stage and battlefield. Pens sharpen. Loyalties shift. And two extraordinary minds discover what they might create together - if they don’t destroy each other first.

Fresh from an acclaimed West End run, Daniel Evans’ ‘seriously steamy’ (Evening Standard) production arrives in Stratford, ‘fizzing with rare theatrical chemistry’ (Daily Mail).

Casting to be announced.

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CREATIVES

Director Daniel Evans | Set and Costume Designer Joanna Scotcher | Lighting Designer Neil Austin | Sound Designer George Dennis | Movement Director Ira Mandela Siobhan | Casting Director Charlotte Sutton CDG

BOOKING INFORMATION

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Artists Circle / Gold Patrons Monday 5 October
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Bronze Patrons Thursday 8 October
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Public Booking Wednesday 21 October

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