Play to explore alleged romance between Shakespeare and Earl of Southampton
Nick Dear's new work will delve into mysterious relationship between the Bard and his famously effeminate aristocratic patron Henry WriotheslyShakespeare's alleged romantic liaison with his patron, the 3rd Earl of Southampton, is to be explored in a new play that will debut at the Nuffield theatre.Bafta-winning writer Nick Dear, who recently adapted Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle, for the National Theatre, wil…