Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers.
Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
“terrific comedy packed with killer comic dialogue...
plenty of twists and turns” ***** Whatsonstage
“Deliciously stuffed with Shakespeare...a laugh-a-minute” **** Mail on Sunday
Format |
Häftad |
Omfång |
122 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Samuel French Ltd |
Utgivningsdatum |
2017-06-15 |
ISBN |
9780573113734 |