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Claudia Cockerell

EXPLAINED: Ncuti gatwa shakespeare was unapologetically queer - The Real Truth

Londoner’s Diary

There was much swooning at The Wyndham’s Theatre this week for the opening night of Born With Teeth . The play reimagines an erotically charged relationship between rival playwrights Christopher Marlowe, played by Ncuti Gatwa, and Shakespeare (Edward Bluemel). In an interview with Vogue, Gatwa said that he and Bluemel wanted to make the play “as hot as possible”. He described Marlowe as “a bad bitch” who would have “painted the town red” if he were alive today, adding that Marlowe and Shakespeare were “unapologetically queer”.

Edward Bluemel and Ncuti Gatwa at the press night after party for Born With Teeth at St Martins Lane London (Dave Benett)
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