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The Maltese Bodkin
David Belke
Forsooth, My Lovely
by David Belke
Highlights
120 mins 16th Century/Elizabethan Ensemble Cast Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Expandable Casting Flexible Cast Size Multicultural Casting Room for Extras Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes Comedy
Synopsis
A film noir comedy/mystery with Shakespeare on the brain.
Hard boiled detective Birnam Wood faces his most difficult case ever as he travels to Italy to unravel a scandal involving a rich merchant's young daughter.
But he soon finds himself drawn into a whirlwind of crime, blackmail and murder with a cast of characters that includes Scottish witches, star-crossed lovers, a pack of jesters and a strong willed woman people call a shrew.
It's a case of laugh out loud hilarity combined with a puzzling murder mystery with every suspect drawn from the works of William Shakespeare.
A stand alone theatrical adventure set in the world of the international hit The Maltese Bodkin .
Press Reviews
"It's a hit. A most palpable hit. Playwright David Belke has hit this one out of the park."
— The Edmonton Sun
"Absolutely hilarious."
— SEE Magazine
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Trinculo Baptista’s jester (The Tempest) |
| Sir Oliver De Bois Baptista’s advisor and castellan (As You Like It) |
| Baptista Minola Wood’s client, a merchant of Padua (The Taming of the Shrew) |
| Bianca Minola Baptista’s youngest daughter (The Taming of the Shrew) |
| Emilia Owner of the Green Eyed Monster tavern, former maid with a past (Othello) |
| Proteus A down on his luck gentleman of Verona (Two Gentlemen of Verona) |
| Romeo Montague An eager would-be assistant from Verona (Romeo and Juliet) |
| Borachio A villainous henchman (Much Ado About Nothing) |
| Malvolio Baptista’s steward (Twelfth Night) |
| Dogberry The captain of the local watch, a cop (Much Ado About Nothing) |
| Conrade Another henchman (Much Ado About Nothing) |
| Costard Chairman of the Paduan Fools’ Guild (Love’s Labours Lost) |
| Touchstone A professional fool (As You Like It) |
| Feste Another professional fool (Twelfth Night) |
| Fool Yet another professional fool (King Lear) |
| Titania An elven queen (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| Oberon An elven king (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| Petruchio Katherine’s husband to be (The Taming of the Shrew) |
| Birnam Wood A private detective |
Publication
Forsooth, My Lovely is a comedy play written by David Belke and published by Samuel French .
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