Kissing Swinburne was written by Mark Husiman and Claire Frances Muir (above) and also stars the real-life married couple as a love-lorn/naughty/bedridden/sadomasochistic same-sex Victorian couple. Directed by David Talbot and also stars Mary Krohnert, it follows the final, tortured years of Algernon Swinburne, a poet of questionable sanity, but definite appreciation of a good spanking.
The sound of a trumpet takes an unsuspecting audience from behind, as they are called to run toward the action, initiating in the water of a large and functioning outdoor fountain. And thus stage is set for the Urban Bard’s production of one of William Shakespeare’s lesser-known works, Two Noble Kinsmen, co-written with John Fletcher.
