The Book of Will
This is not the greatest song in the world, no This is just a tribute On the way home from The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson, at Taproot Theatre, I stopped at Molly Maguires for karaoke. Someone sang Tribute, by Tenacious D. The epigraph above is two lines from it. The idea is just what it says. Tribute is not the greatest song in the world, it simply acknowledges the greatest song in the world, points to it, pays homage to it. So it is with The Book of Will. In addition to acknowledging, pointing to and paying homage to Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, it brings some greatness of its own into play. It’s not the thickest plot. The set up is: Shakespeare has died and many of his original company of actors, the Kings Men, are not feeling too good themselves. They decide to cement their legacy, before it’s too late, by publishing all of Shakespeare’s plays in one volume. The rest involves the hoops and hurdles they must clear to get the book done. What makes the show special is t...