Previews Landor Theatre London 18th & 19th July 2014 at 8pm
World premiere run at Greenside Nicolson Square 1st till 23rd August 2014 at 17:20 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe A play on power, passion and possession
written by Sebastian Michael featuring the Sonnets of William Shakespeare Directed by Ros Phillips Performed by Sebastian Michael & Tom Medcalf What drove the celebrated poet, playwright and actor to write a suite of sonnets about beauty, life and the passage of time and address them to a handsome young man? Obsession? Folly? Infatuation? Or was there more than meets the eye today?
In a dynamic new take on an old question, two contemporary characters delve into some of the most glorious poetry ever composed, as they weave in and out of the past in search of a plausible truth about love. Everything is conjecture. Except the words... _ thesonneteer.info |