Born With Teeth

An explosively entertaining duel of wits, words, and powerplay, imagining a highly charged encounter between William Shakespeare and fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. Published alongside the UK premiere in the West End by the RSC in 2025.

About the author

Liz Duffy Adams is an American playwright with dual Irish and American citizenship.

Her play Born With Teeth won a 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and was premiered at the Alley Theater, Houston, in 2022. It was premiered in the UK by the Royal Shakespeare Company, at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, in 2025.

Her other plays include: Or,; Dog Act; The Salonnieres; A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World; The Broken Machine, and others.

Product details

• Authors: Liz Duffy Adams
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781839045042
• ISBN: 978-1-83904-504-2
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / American / General, Plays, Playscripts, DRAMA / LGBTQ+, Monologues / Duologues, Plays, playscripts, drama, Modern and contemporary plays / drama