One of the plays he wrote is The First Actress, in which Felicia, a theatre enthusiast, disguises herself as a man to sneak into the theatre group of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage. Women were banned at that time from acting in the theatre - which leads to the expected complications. At a performance in the presence of Queen Elizabeth I everything comes out at the end, but Felicia is forgiven.The First Actress, accessed on June 14, 2018. The plot is very reminiscent of that of Shakespeare in Love (1998).
