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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Set at the Globe Theater and other areas of London in 1606, Equivocation is a ...

It may sit uneasily with our notion of Shakespeare to imagine him tackling the hot-button issues of his era like a Jacobean David Mamet. But Bill Cain’s “Equivocation” at Will Geer’s Theatricum ...

At a pivotal moment in “Equivocation,” a key figure in the Bill Cain play comes up with a succinct way to describe theater: “It’s not a way, to lie, you know. It’s a way of telling the truth.” The ...

What is it like to write in a time of terror? That's the question that came to playwright Bill Cain after a visit to the Tower of London, Britain's notorious royal prison across the river from where ...

Words, words, words -- they come at us from all directions in Bill Cain's "Equivocation," a passionate and boldly designed drama on the power of language to enlighten and elevate but just as ...

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 ...