Mad World My Masters

Thomas Middleton was a prolific and successful English Jacobean playwright and poet. A contemporary of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Middleton wrote over 30 plays, including A Mad World, My Masters, which was first performed in 1606.Phil Porter's recent plays include Blink (Soho Theatre), the Bruntwood Award-winning The Cracks in My Skin (Manchester Royal Exchange) and Stealing Sweets and Punching People (Theatre 503 and Off-Broadway). For the RSC he wrote Here Lies Mary Spindler (performed at Latitude Festival). He is currently working on a new play for the RSC.Sean Foley's recent theatre credits include The Ladykillers (Liverpool Playhouse/West End), currently on an extensive UK tour and What the Butler Saw (Vaudeville)

...faithful to the smut, the wit, the bad puns and the general rumbustiousness of the city comedy - it's fun (and other things) with a capital F.