Thirty years ago, actor and playwright Wyatt Lamoureux had an idea.
Attending theatre school at the time, Wyatt wondered ‘What if William Shakespeare was sitting in purgatory somewhere, completely aware of his iconic status on earth and being tormented by being unable to participate in his fame while his works are handled, or more likely mishandled, by the living?’
The idea became a solo project, but other projects (and life) got in the way of Wyatt’s personal discourse on Shakespeare’s influence on our culture. While the project got skirted to the wayside, once in a while these thoughts about Shakespeare would come back into Wyatt’s mind.
Now, after decades of rewrites and a handful of misstarts, Wyatt is finally ready to share his unique character study of William Shakespeare in his new one-act play Shakespeare vs. the Merchants of Venom.