Curst Be He That Moves My Bones
by Thomas Hischak

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One Act30 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastBare Stage/Simple SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Comedy

Synopsis

Who really wrote Shakespeare's plays?

According to the 19th century literary critic Delia Bacon, just about everybody but the Bard of Avon!

Confined to an insane asylum because of her obsession with finding the true authorship of Shakespeare's works, Delia and her fellow inmates enact a series of madcap adventures in which Christopher Marlowe, the Earl of Oxford, Walter Raleigh, some Jesuit priests, a determined nun, and even Queen Bess herself claim to be the true author.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Female Inmates 6 to 11 women who play Sir Walter Raleigh, William Stanley, Edmund Spencer, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Three Jesuits, a Nun, Queen Elizabeth, and the Earl of Oxford	female	6-11	6 to 11 women who play Sir Walter Raleigh, William Stanley, Edmund Spencer, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Three Jesuits, a Nun, Queen Elizabeth, and the Earl of Oxford