“I and the Emperor” is a two-hour historical drama about the unlikely relationship between the 16-year-old Betsy Balcombe and the aging Napoleon Bonaparte during the latter’s exile on the island of St. Helena. Betsy makes it a point to know the Emperor - first as a harmless, petulant child and second as a misunderstood man of heart and soul - until, one day, a stranger arrives who makes Betsy wonder whether the Emperor really could be the monster everyone claims. “I and the Emperor” is a dramatic, droll, but ultimately touching and thoughtful coming-of-age tale – ultimately, the story of Betsy herself, who comes to understand life, with all its peaks and valleys, through understanding the complexity and tragedy of the exiled Emperor in her backyard.