Video transcript: Born with Teeth at the Wyndham’s Theatre imagines a collaboration between Christopher Marlowe, played by Ncuti Gatwa and Shakespeare, played by Edward Bluemel.
At the time, Christopher Marlowe is the much more famous playwright, and Shakespeare is very early career, hasn’t really achieved any fame as yet.
And it’s a play about personalities and politics, the politics of the time, what was going on and the precarious position that writers were in.
If they could get a patron, if they couldn’t get a patron, and what that patron could do for them. What they could get away with and what they can’t get away with.
It’s also a play that’s about personalities. Christopher Marlowe is very much a larger-than-life character. He’s very confident. He’s quite arrogant.
And Shakespeare is the more cautious, the more conservative of the two. So it’s a clash of personalities.
But what I really liked about the performances is how the characters evolve over the play.
And while Ncuti Gatwa is very big, he’s a joy to watch. He becomes much more nuanced towards the end, and it changes your view of Marlowe as a character.
I really enjoyed this play. I thought it was brilliantly written, and I’m giving it four stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
Born With Teeth, Wyndhams Theatre
Written by Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by Daniel Evans
Starring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel
Running time 90 minutes without an interval
Booking until 1 November
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