Born With Teeth Is On Sale Now at Wyndham's Theatre
Kevin, April 17th, 2025All the world's a stage for these two bards!
Rivalry, friendship - or something far more enticing? Liz Duffy Adams' thrilling new drama sees a clash of egos and ink-stained fingers between two of English literature's loudest voices: William Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe. Pens at the ready - Born With Teeth is on sale now!
Doctor Who and Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa steps into the fiery boots of Marlowe, while Edward Bluemel (Killing Eve, My Lady Jane) plays the hungry young Shakespeare, eager to prove he's more than just the new quill on the block.
What's Born With Teeth about?
It's the 1590s, and England is a pressure cooker of paranoia, politics, and plot twists. Behind the door of a shadowy pub backroom, two literary legends are forced into a secret collaboration. But with spies lurking and ambition running high, can genius be a shared endeavour? Across three clandestine meetings, the pair flirt, feud, and fire off some seriously sharp one-liners.
Directed by Daniel Evans - making his West End debut for the RSC as Co-Artistic Director - Born With Teeth is presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company, in collaboration with Playful Productions and Elizabeth Williams.
This is not your average history lesson.
