Out of 121 productions at the 2013 United Solo theatre festival Solemn Mockeries won the award for Best Perod Piece!
Performed by David Melville: The true story of William-Henry Ireland, despised by his teachers, detested by his stepmother, and ignored by his father—until he forges “Shakespearean” documents that fool the literati of London. And when his forged play VORTIGERN plays at the greatest theatre with the finest actors of the day, what could possibly go wrong? “Brutally funny, brutally sad”—L.A. Weekly.
Performed by David Melville: The true story of William-Henry Ireland, despised by his teachers, detested by his stepmother, and ignored by his father—until he forges “Shakespearean” documents that fool the literati of London. And when his forged play VORTIGERN plays at the greatest theatre with the finest actors of the day, what could possibly go wrong? “Brutally funny, brutally sad”—L.A. Weekly.
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