William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead
by John Heimbuch

Name: William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead
Brand: John Heimbuch
SKU: 9780573700149
Rating: 3.39 (18 reviews)

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90 mins 16th Century/Elizabethan Expandable Casting Interior Set Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

London, 1599. Shakespeare’s Henry V opens the Globe Playhouse, but while the actors strut and fret, an excess of bile plagues the populace outside.

After the opening of his newest play, William Shakespeare must once again defend his work – fending off the embittered clown Will Kemp while trying to appease Francis Bacon, a wealthy lawyer who has come with an idea to pitch.

But when the company’s costumer is bitten by a plague-ridden madman, and the Queen and her men arrive seeking safety, life in the playhouse takes a turn for the worse.

As the affliction spreads through London, the Globe is placed in quarantine and the survivors within must fight for their lives.

Can they escape?

Is there a cure?

Is artistic integrity ever worth dying for?

A true and accurate account of the Elizabethan zombie plague.

Press Reviews

"John Heimbuch's script is witty, clever, peppered with self-referential humor and wonderful wordplay on some of the Bard's best lines."
— Brian Leehan, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Both Shakespeare and horror nerds will enjoy this brilliant Elizabethan production of bloody proportions, taking zombies into new and exciting terrain."
— Ben Smith, Fangoria Magazine

"[A] brilliant and hilarious zombies-meet-Shakespeare epic... If you know Shakespeare, you'll be roaring as the show lampoons everything about the Bard and ludicrously reuses famous lines while the heroes battle invading zombies... MUST SEE."
— Renee Valois, Saint Paul Pioneer Press

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (35) – Player, playwright, company member	—	—	(35) – Player, playwright, company member
RICHARD BURBAGE (31) – Player and theatre manager	male	—	(31) – Player and theatre manager
WILL KEMP (40s) – Player, clown, and Morris dancer	—	40s	(40s) – Player, clown, and Morris dancer
JOHN RICE (teens) – An apprentice player	—	—	(teens) – An apprentice player
KATE BRAITHWAITE (30s) – The attiring woman	female	30s	(30s) – The attiring woman
JOHN SINKLO (30s) – A hired player	—	30s	(30s) – A hired player
FRANCIS BACON (38) – Lawyer, courier, philosopher	—	—	(38) – Lawyer, courier, philosopher
SIR ROBERT CECIL (36) – The Queen’s spymaster	male	—	(36) – The Queen’s spymaster
QUEEN ELIZABETH (65) – The Queen of England	female	—	(65) – The Queen of England
DOCTOR JOHN DEE (71) – An astrologer and mathematician	—	—	(71) – An astrologer and mathematician
SOLDIER 1 A recruiting officer	—	—	A recruiting officer
SOLDIER 2 A soldier of the Queen’s guard	female	—	A soldier of the Queen’s guard
OTHER PLAYERS	—	—	—
OTHER SOLDIERS	—	—	—
AFFLICTED	—	—	—