Or
March 27 - April 13, 2014
WRITTEN BY Liz Duffy Adams
DIRECTED BY Jen Uphoff Gray
“Liz Duffy Adams’s historical romp of a backstage sex farce about Restoration playwright Aphra Behn displays style, humor, and jaw-dropping wit.”
– BackStage
Wrong or righteous? Lust or love? Treacherous or true?
Set in 1666 Restoration England, Or, comes complete with secret agents, cross-dressing, rhyming couplets, and lovers hiding in cupboards. It’s just one night int he life of Aphra Behn, poet, spy, and soon to be the first professional female playwright.
Sprung from debtors’ prison after a disastrous overseas mission, Aphra is desperate to get out of the spy trade. Her new play has a chance at a production at one of the two London companies, but only if she can finish it by morning. Late night interruptions spring from a sudden new love, actress Nell Gwynne; a complicated royal love, King Charles II; and a very suspicious ex-love, double-agent William Scott — who may be in a plot to murder the king in the morning. Can Aphra resist Nell’s charms, save Charles’ life, win William a pardon, and launch her career, all before the sun comes up?
Overture Center for the Arts
201 State St,
Madison, WI 53703
Sponsored By:
Group Health Cooperate of South Central Wisconsin
Media sponsor:
Brava
About the show
Runtime:
N/A
Performance Dates:
March 27 – April 13, 2014
Age Recommendations:
N/A
Accessibility
We strive to make our performances available to the entire community. This guiding principle captures the theater we aim to be.
We’re proud to be a resident company at Overture Center, which provides practical accessibility for a variety of needs.
