Dead Man's Hand - The Rover

Two Pence Theatre
Co. proudly announces the second year of
their popular reading series Dead Man’s
Hand. Featuring 90 minute cuts of plays written by Shakespeare’s peers,
friends and frenemies. Each reading features a new lineup of Chicago’s most
exciting actors and directors in casual settings exploring these often
overlooked gems (and the occasional hilarious stinker.) From Beaumont to
Webster, and everyone in between, join Two Pence for a beer and hear what was
going on in the theatre world when Olde English was modern, the streets had no
gutters, and no one knew that ole’ Will Shakespeare would be the one to
outshine them all.  

Title: The Rover

Playwright: Aphra Behn

Director:  Shannon Fillion

When: Tuesday  March 18th, 7pm

Where: Atlantic Bar & Grill,  5062
N Lincoln Ave

773.506.7090

A former female spy for Charles II, Aphra Behn turned to playwriting
to make some cash after the war. The Rover was her biggest success,
weaving the Trifecta of Good Plots (love, betrayal, and revenge) into an intelligent
portrayal of gender and power in the late 1600s. Directed by recent NYC
transplant Shannon Fillion.