I Am Shakespeare

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The BIG Secret Live - I am Shakespeare - Webcam Daytime Chat-room Show - T57708068 Corporate Sponsor Hentys Corporate. Producer Chichester Festival Theatre. Director Mark Rylance. Director Matthew Warchus. Design Jenny Tiramani. Lighting Paul Pyant. Sound Simon Baker. Director Sophie Motley (assistant). Design Lorna Heavey (video). Choreographer Sian Williams. Music Claire van Kampen. Performer Mark Rylance (Frank Charlton). Performer Alex Hassel (Edward de Vere Earl of Oxford). Performer Colin Hurley (William Shakespeare). Performer Roddy Maude-Roxby (Sir Francis Bacon). Performer Juliet Rylance (Mary Sidney). Performer Sam Parks (Sergeant Trevor Freeman). Performer Sean Foley (Barry Wild).
9 Oct 07 to 13 Oct 07	Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L01298168724
1 Oct 07 to 6 Oct 07	Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0890961889
24 Sep 07 to 28 Sep 07	The Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L1469402851
17 Sep 07 to 22 Sep 07	Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L504364166
10 Sep 07 to 15 Sep 07	Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0561846071
14 Aug 07 to 8 Sep 07	Minerva Theatre, Chichester :: V1310317653 listing details L160519010

Details

Play :: A dark and stormy night. In his garage in Kent, Frank Charlton - a schoolteacher who threw away a promising academic career by daring to question the authorship of the Shakespeare plays - prepares for his daily broadcast. Through his subversive internet show, Frank continues to explore his obsession with the authorship, whilst attempting to dodge the ‘helpful’ attentions of his nutty neighbour Barry. Today, however, via the dramatic interaction of a lightning storm and the collective unconscious of the world-wide-web, Frank finds himself confronted with the real William Shakespeare… and the real Francis Bacon... then Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford... and finally the real Mary Sidney... Mayhem ensues, as Frank tries to interview each of the four characters from the past - all of whom claim they wrote the plays - whilst his neighbour keeps interrupting and the police arrive investigating a mysterious body. Who is the real author? Can Frank restrain himself from murdering Barry long enough to take this historic opportunity and find out? Or will the police arrest him first? And what does Kirk Douglas have to do with all this?

Author

Frank Charlton