Photo Flash: First Look at Actors' NET of Bucks County's EQUIVOCATION

Shakespeare made his living writing timeless plays. But what if his life and those of his acting troupe were imperiled by his next work in progress?

That is the dilemma conjured up in playwright Bill Cain's brilliant, acclaimed play, Equivocation - being performed weekends October 31 to November 16 by ActorsNET in celebration of Shakespeare's 450th birthday year. In the show, Shakespeare (spelled "Shagspeare or "Shag" for short) is commissioned in 1606 by King James' right-hand man to write a propaganda-ridden contemporary play about the recent, ill-fated Guy Fawkes rebellion, also known as the Gunpowder Plot. The king and his court want the script to show Catholics plotted to blow up Parliament with the King in attendance. The playwright calls the accepted history of the plot into question, and sends Shag on a quest for the truth.

As the play unfolds, Shag and company realize staging the truth would defame some in the royal court and be considered treason. And the penalty for treason? Death!

Recently voted the best theatre company in Bucks County in an online poll (Bucks.HappeningsMag.Com), ActorsNET presents Equivocation at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Avenue (Route 32), Morrisville, PA - near the Calhoun Street Bridge. It will be staged Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. - however, due to cast conflicts, it is not being staged on Saturday Nov. 15th. Admission is $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (age 62 and older) and $15 for WHYY card holders. Due to mature themes and language, and simulated violence, no children's tickets will be sold for this production.

For reservations and ticket information, phone 215-295-3694 or visit the ActorsNET web site atwww.actorsnetbucks.org.