Dedication

Patron? Collaborator? Employer? Voyeur? Lover?Questioned about the nature of his relationship with the 3rd Earl of Southampton, William Shakespeare is on trial.The evidence: tender poems, financial dependency, attempted revolution.A compelling new drama set in Elizabethan England – a powder keg of sex, politics and power – Dedication by Nick Dear premiered at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in September 2016.