Richard Shakespeare is an actor in his brother’s theatre group based
just outside London. He is tried of the girl’s roles he plays and feels
that he isn’t paid enough. Fortunately his brother has promised him a
man’s part in his next play.
Richard is to be disappointed for he is to play a man who plays a woman
badly. Upset, he leaves after rehearsal and accidentally meets up with a
girl he has fallen in love with. Silvia is a lady’s maid who is bored
with her lot in life.
The theatre group is devastated when two of William’s new plays are
stolen. One of their own is the guilty party, and he is going to give
the plays to the owner of the newly built Swan theatre. Richard
proposes that he steal the plays back. Will he be able to do it and as a
result get to play Romeo?
The theft gets Richard into a whole lot of trouble. But as in Shakespeare’s play, “All’ Well That Ends Well”.
Author Bernard Cornwell has taken a shift in his writing of action
packed historical novels to one, which is much more subdued. I must
admit that I found it difficult to find myself involved in the story
until well into the book. A good read after all.
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