"Why me?" William Shakespeare (or Shagspeare, as playwright Bill Cain spells it) asks when he's given an assignment -- by the king, no less -- to write a play about a hot-button political matter. Sir ...

Bill Cain's play "Equivocation" -- currently running at Post5 Theatre -- is about many things: theater, history, politics, religion and family. At its core -- and in its title -- it is about "how to ...

Ask me what the play “Equivocation” is about and I could give you lots of answers, including God, souls, religion, politics, theater, acting … and more! Bill Cain’s play, about a man named William ...

Theater Next Act's "Equivocation" leaves the audience with just words, words, words Part history lesson, part story behind the story and part portrait of a tired dramatist, "Equivocation" is jam ...

The line between lies and the truth is easily blurred. An extensive vocabulary and a deft use of syntax can muddy perception and call into question the very meaning of honesty. The artful use of ...

The cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2009 production of Equivocation, directed by Bill Rauch. Photograph by Jenny Graham It takes guts—and a little hubris—to write a play that includes “new” ...

THE BASICS: EQUIVOCATION, a play by the impressive Bill Cain about Shakespeare set in 1606, directed by the brilliant Katie Mallinson, with a stellar ensemble of Guy Balotine, Arianne Davidow, ...

How does one tell the truth when the news is fake? And what happens to our best selves when we resignedly swallow the lies and say nothing, fearing we’ll suffer if we speak out? While newly relevant, ...

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of the word “equivocate” was in 1590. The dictionary further states the word has a couple of meanings: To use language especially with intent to ...

Other than his magnificent plays, William Shakespeare left few traces of his life behind for posterity. That’s frustrated many theater-lovers. But it’s given modern dramatists a free pass to imagine ...