Mortal terror /
Brustein, Robert Sanford,1927-author.
"Mortal Terror is set in 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot, a terrorist conspiracy to blow up the houses of Parliament. Shakespeare, delicately balancing his allegiances to assure his own survival, is commissioned by King James to write a play to justify his right to the throne. That play is Macbeth. Mortal Terror is the second piece in a trilogy of plays by Robert Brustein about the life of Shakespeare. The trilogy begins with The English Channel and concludes with The Last Will"--Back cover.
Place of publication from publisher's website.
"Dramatic Comedy / 6m, 1f / Unit set"--Back cover.
"Mortal Terror was first produced by the Suffolk Theatre and Boston Playwrights Theatre, at the Modern Theatre, Boston, in 2011"--Page 4.
"Mortal Terror is set in 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot, a terrorist conspiracy to blow up the houses of Parliament. Shakespeare, delicately balancing his allegiances to assure his own survival, is commissioned by King James to write a play to justify his right to the throne. That play is Macbeth. Mortal Terror is the second piece in a trilogy of plays by Robert Brustein about the life of Shakespeare. The trilogy begins with The English Channel and concludes with The Last Will"--Back cover.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Gunpowder Plot, 1605