Mortal Terror

Mortal Terror is set in 1605 the year of the Gunpowder Plot a terrorist conspiracy to blow up the houses of Parliament. Shakespeare delicately balancing his allegiances to assure his own survival is commissioned by King James to write a play to justify his right to the throne. That play is Macbeth.

Mortal Terror is the second piece in a trilogy of plays by Robert Brustein about the life of Shakespeare. The trilogy begins with The English Channel and concludes with Th