“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 following his final defeat at Waterloo. The curious and headstrong Betsy makes it a point to meet the Emperor and know him personally – first as a harmless, petulant child and second as a misunderstood man of heart and soul. Then, one day, a stranger arrives on the island who makes Betsy wonder whether the Emperor really could be the monster everyone claims and whether truth is quite as simple as she imagined it. “I and the Emperor” is a dramatic, droll, but ultimately touching and thoughtful coming-of-age tale – and more specifically, 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.