Ncuti Gatwa is ‘a charismatic force of nature’ (Evening Standard) as Kit Marlowe - rock star of Elizabethan theatre and scandalous spy for the Crown.
Edward Bluemel delivers ‘a performance full of grace and charm’ (WhatsOnStage) as Will Shakespeare - jobbing actor and promising young playwright.
In a dangerous game of cat and mouse, this ‘sizzling new play’ (Guardian) by Liz Duffy Adams imagines these two writing sensations as they are forced into a creative collaboration.
Across three secret meetings in the backroom of a pub, with the table as their stage and battlefield, they sharpen their pens – and let their genius fly.
RSC Co-Artistic Director and two-time Olivier Award winner Daniel Evans ‘directs with considerable force and zero period fluff’ (Time Out) this explosively entertaining duel between two literary icons at odds with the world they live in.
Until 1st November only at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.
*****
'If you want ninety minutes of intoxicating theatre, see this.'
- Sunday Express
‘Marlowe and Shakespeare are the ultimate double act. Rivetingly physical.’
- Observer
