Ruff

"Will Shakespeare, the most celebrated playwright in England, is having a very bad year. Suffering from the slings and arrows of a mid-life crisis, domestic bliss, weird weather, a plague outbreak, and the death of the Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the new King puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce a national play competition that will determine which theatre company will secure his favour and remain in business. As he struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Will faces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including a young rival punk playwright and his activist-wife fighting for women's equality and her right to tread the boards. It's a madcap world as modern as tomorrow where gender is what a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath their petticoats or tights). Will and his band of misfits endeavour to ensure not only their own survival, but that of England as well."--