King of Shadows

Synopsis: Radio play by Susan Cooper, dramatised by Beatrice Colin. A magical adventure story set partly in the present day and partly in Elizabethan England. Chosen to play Puck in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, young American Nat Field travels to London. Visiting Shakespeare’s Globe for the first time he falls ill with the bubonic plague. When he awakes he finds that he has travelled 400 years back in time. He meets Burbage, Queen Elizabeth and his hero Shakespeare. Shakespeare becomes a surrogate father to Nat and tries to show him (via Sonnet 116) that even death cannot break the bonds of love.
Series: Afternoon Play
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre; Time Travel

Director

Gaynor Macfarlane

Writer

Susan Cooper

Adaptor for Radio

Beatrice Colin

Cast