{"product_id":"9781839045042-born-with-teeth","title":"Born With Teeth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn explosively entertaining duel of wits, words, and powerplay, imagining a highly charged encounter between William Shakespeare and fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. Published alongside the UK premiere in the West End by the RSC in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\"O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd so was I, which plainly signified\u003cbr\u003eThat I should snarl and bite, play the dog.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHenry VI, Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher Marlowe – rockstar of Elizabethan theatre and notorious spy for the Crown – danger and seduction combined. William Shakespeare – jobbing actor and promising young playwright – dazzled by Marlowe, but with ambitions of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn explosively entertaining duel of wits, words and powerplay, Liz Duffy Adams's \u003cem\u003eBorn With Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e is a playful and daring imagining of the relationship between two literary icons. The play was first performed in Houston, Texas, in 2022, where it won several major awards. In 2025, it received its European premiere at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, produced by Playful Productions, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Grain of Sand Productions, directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans, and starring Ncuti Gatwa as Kit and Edward Bluemel as Will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55893358838134,"sku":"9781839045042","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35592641_ee69b29d-adb8-4a54-abca-a4b4655422ca.jpg?v=1754516358","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839045042-born-with-teeth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}