FullLength Plays

Born With Teeth

by Liz Duffy Adams

2 MEN (OR 2 WOMEN) TRAGICOMEDY

An aging ruler, an oppressive police state, a restless, polarised people seething with paranoia: it’s a dangerous time for poets. Two of them—the great Kit Marlowe and the up-and-comer Will Shakespeare—meet in the back room of a pub to collaborate on a history play cycle, navigate the perils of art under a totalitarian regime, and flirt like young men with everything to lose. One of them may well be the death of the other.

“It’s one part fan fiction, one part examination of egos, and another part commentary on the destructive capabilities of societal expectations.

We spend ninety minutes watching a game between the best writers of their time. The stakes range from who can be the most clever, to life and death.” Broadway World.

Liz Duffy Adams is the author of BORN WITH TEETH, which premiered at the Alley in Houston, and OR, which premiered Off-Broadway at WP Theatre. Her other plays include DOG ACT, DEAR ALIEN, A DISCOURSE ON WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD and ONE BIG LIE. Her work has been seen at Seattle Rep, Magic Theatre, Contemporary American Theatre, Portland Centre Stage, and Syracuse Stage. She has received the Lillian Hellman Award, the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, the Women of Achievement Award, and the Will Glickman Award for Best New Play.