Born With Teeth at Alley Theatre may well be Houston's best world premiere of the season.
“Odd's bodkins,” what a play!
It doesn't hurt that our protagonists in her two-hander are the preeminent writers of their generation: Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe. In this version, Shakespeare, new to London, is untested, described as a rube, a country bumpkin...an actor. Marlowe is feted, the first among firsts, creator poet of smash hit, a Tudor rock god. Put them together in a secluded tavern, not to be disturbed, and have them knock out a new history playAdams has done her research.
If you don't know Marlowe's reputed infamy , or the Virgin Queen's paranoia , or the political intrigue that wove through the late Tudor age like a Venetian tapestry, you may be at a loss with the talk of spies, lapsed Catholics, or coinage, but, trust me, what might not be clear is subsidiary to the parrying thrusts both men make against each other. The blows come thick and fast, rapier-like, sharp as a wound.
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