Dedication (Faber Drama)

Nick Dear

$16.75

Publication Date: May 15th, 2018

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

ISBN:

9780571335046

Pages:

Description

"Fascinating account of Shakespeare in lust." - Telegraph, 4* (UK)

Patron? Collaborator? Employer? Voyeur? Lover?

Questioned about the nature of his relationship with the 3rd Earl of Southampton, William Shakespeare is on trial.

The evidence: tender poems, financial dependency, attempted revolution.

A compelling new drama set in Elizabethan England - a powder keg of sex, politics and power.

About the Author

Nick Dear's plays include Lunch in Venice, Power, The Villains' Opera, Zenobia, In the Ruins, Food of Love, The Art of Success, Pure Science, and Temptation. His adaptations include Summerfolk (after Gorky); Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (after Molière); The Last Days of Don Juan (after Tirso de Molina). His screenplays include Persuasion, The Turn of the Screw, Cinderella, The Gambler, Byron, Eroica and Agatha Christie's Poirot. He has also written extensively for BBC Radio, beginning with his first play, Matter Permitted (1980).