Anders Lustgarten's new play, The Secret Theatre, taps into our current climate of fear by shining a light on Sir Francis Walsingham, the original CEngland is ruled by a beleaguered woman trying to hold together a fractured country while looking over her shoulder for conspirators waiting to stab her in the back. She lives in fear of a younger, Scottish female rival who might prove more popular with the populace. Peop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM on November 27, 2017