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The cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2009 production of Equivocation, directed by Bill Rauch. Photograph by Jenny Graham It takes guts—and a little hubris—to write a play that includes “new” ...

Bill Cain's new play set in 1606 England begins when King James’ right hand man commissions William Shakespeare to write a new play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up ...

Ask me what the play “Equivocation” is about and I could give you lots of answers, including God, souls, religion, politics, theater, acting … and more! Bill Cain’s play, about a man named William ...

The Village Players of Hatboro, a distinguished community theater in its 76th season, will present Equivocation, a rousing theatrical experience set to captivate audiences with its compelling ...

THE BASICS: EQUIVOCATION, a play by the impressive Bill Cain about Shakespeare set in 1606, directed by the brilliant Katie Mallinson, with a stellar ensemble of Guy Balotine, Arianne Davidow, ...

At a pivotal moment in “Equivocation,” a key figure in the Bill Cain play comes up with a succinct way to describe theater: “It’s not a way, to lie, you know. It’s a way of telling the truth.” The ...

Just when you thought nothing more could be said about the origin of Shakespeare's plays comes "Equivocation," Bill Cain's exhaustive and exhausting philosophical fantasia about authorial truth, ...

How does one tell the truth when the news is fake? And what happens to our best selves when we resignedly swallow the lies and say nothing, fearing we’ll suffer if we speak out? While newly relevant, ...

It may sit uneasily with our notion of Shakespeare to imagine him tackling the hot-button issues of his era like a Jacobean David Mamet. But Bill Cain’s “Equivocation” at Will Geer’s Theatricum ...