The Book of Will

A Play by Lauren Gunderson

"To be or not to be, Aye there's the point..." Shakespeare has only been dead three years and already they’re botching his lines at the local playhouse. When a sub-par Hamlet rip-off hits a stage near the Globe Theatre, members of Shakespeare’s acting troupe, the King’s Men, are incensed. To try to put an end to the plagiarism and save Will’s works for the ages, they hatch a plan to put it all down on paper, setting them off on a mad chase to find the bits and pieces to create the First Folio. It’s a theatrical, beat-the-clock race to save a legacy, offering some of Shakespeare’s greatest hits spoken by your favorite players.