Ruff

Rod Carley is back with another theatrical odyssey packedwith an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It's amadcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender iswhat a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath theirpetticoats or tights). Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from amid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of theancient Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the newKing puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce anational play competition that will determine which theatrecompany will secure his favour and remain in business. Ashe struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Willfaces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including ayoung rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting forequality and a woman's right to tread the boards.Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their ownsurvival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for anoutrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting, writer's block, and the chopping block. Ruffly based on a true story.