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by Liz Duffy Adams (Author)
"Energetic and erotic...an intelligent slice of historical fiction." -Guardian
Christopher Marlowe-rockstar of Elizabethan theatre and notorious spy for the Crown-is danger and seduction combined. William Shakespeare-jobbing actor and promising young playwright-is dazzled by Marlowe, but with ambitions of his own. When the pair meet in the backroom of a pub to collaborate on a cycle of history plays, tensions rise as they navigate the perils of art under an oppressive regime, and flirt like young men with everything to lose...
An explosively entertaining duel of wits, words, and powerplay, Liz Duffy Adams's Born With Teeth is a playful and daring imagining of the relationship between two literary icons.
Author Biography
Liz Duffy Adams is an American playwright with dual Irish and American citizenship. Her play Born With Teeth won a 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and premiered at Houston's Alley Theater in 2022. Presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company, it premiered in the UK at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, in 2025. Her other plays include: Or, ; Dog Act; The Salonnieres; A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World; and The Broken Machine, among others.
