Four acts and fifteen scenes. In modern verse with a Shakespearean flavor, the play follows Campion from his first meeting with the Queen and her consort, the Earl of Leicester, at Oxford, where Campion was a brilliant scholar, through his escape to Ireland, his pilgrimage to Rome, his joining the Jesuits in Prague, his daring decision to return to England in disguise to serve his countrymen's spiritual needs. The tragicomical courting of Elizabeth by Leicester and their Machiavellian efforts to pursue and capture Campion when his presence and his challenge to her authority were made known throughout England are dramatized. The suspenseful scenes of his being hunted and discovered, his personal confrontation with the Queen, and his trial at Westminster Hall are vividly represented.
Campion emerges as a witty, modest and sympathetic hero fighting keenly for the highest principles.
Contains language and situations that might be deemed adult in nature. About 2 hours.