Written by John Agard
Directed by Mark C. Hewitt
with Leann O’Kasi as Elizabeth
and Christopher Paddon as Ralegh
Puff is a charming new verse play by John Agard set in a period of Elizabethan enchantment with the wonders of the New World - in particular, tobacco - the Queen herself having been introduced to the puffing habit by suitor and adventurer, Sir Walter Ralegh.
It is perhaps fitting that the 2012 recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the Guyana-born poet John Agard, should have turned his subversive wit to this iconic period of British history, exploring the amorous chemistry between Ralegh and The Virgin Queen at the dawn of Empire.
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