Wyndham's Theatre

Great actors...very modern direction

Only two people on stage? Yes, and yet they manage to fill it from start to finish in "Born with teeth" which gives a surprising new angle on the possible creative relationship between Elizabethan playwrights Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. You will have heard Shakespeare but Marlowe may be just a name. Yet, as the play begins, Marlowe is the big name with friends in high places, unafraid of biting the hand that feeds, and Shakespeare is the young hopeful who naively believes that he can earn a living simply by being a good writer as long as he doesn't upset his masters. Gradually, the play cleverly reveals that Shakepeare has a trick or two of his own. The actors are riveting and the way the power shifts from one to the other over 3 acts as time passes is unexpected to say the least. You don't need to be a literary expert to see this. If you're interested in the creative process and in freedom of speech, "Born with teeth" will certainly give you something to chew over.

Incredible storytelling with two brilliant actors. What a duo! It was funny, camp and sexy!