Twelfth Night: 1941 (A Staged Reading)

London, January 5th, 1941.

England is at war, and the city is in the midst of the Blitz. Last night, an incendiary bomb fell on a small theater in Northeast London, setting fire to the stage curtains and causing widespread damage, forcing the actors to relocate their show, a shortened version of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, to the local pub.

Inspired by incredible true events about a group of actors who kept theater alive during some of London’s darkest days, Twelfth Night: 1941 is Shakespeare’s beloved comedy set as a play within a play.