A short 10 minute play. ‘tis a ‘bawdy juvenile comedie’ set in 1609 in which an English commoner hath been summoned to audience before the King, whether for good or ill he knows not. To say more would be giving it away.
Cast:
BILL in his 50s, a third rate poet who dabbles in theater with varying degrees of success. He’s no Kit Marlowe, but who is?
JAMES also in his 50s, two years younger than Bill, and the reigning monarch of both England and Scotland and is therefore both James I and James VI simultaneously. Speaks in a thick Scottish brogue.
ELIZABETH the former reigning monarch of England and therefore the ‘late’ Queen Elizabeth having died a few years earlier at the age of 80. Yes, that means she’s a ghost. Speaks posh.
