Gwendolyn Rice
playwright
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Tales of Wandering Grace, Or the Revengers' Tragedies

A new play by Gwendolyn Rice. All is not well in Sicilia. King Leontes is convinced that his wife Hermione has had an affair with his best friend, King Polixenes. Who would plant such a terrible thought in the king’s brain? Perhaps the young soldier who was recently rescued from a shipwreck knows something about this. There is something strange about Iago. . .

 
“A king who was made foolish by a commoner. A queen who was made little by lies. A babe cast away in the woods. What folly, all, and yet. . . I believe there are more verses to be writ in this story. It began in a storm.”
— Prospero
 
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The Tales of Wandering Grace (Or the Revengers' Tragedies)

Cast: 8M, 3W

All is not well in Sicilia. King Leontes is convinced that his wife Hermione has had an affair with his best friend, King Polixenes. Who would plant such a terrible thought in the king’s brain? Perhaps the young soldier who was recently rescued from a shipwreck knows something about this. There is something strange about Iago. . .

The Tales of Wandering Grace (or The Revengers’ Tragedies) merges the worlds of Othello, The Tempest and A Winter’s Tale, filling in many of the gaps for important characters. Follow Iago’s first attempt at duping a king, Hermione’s quest to prove her innocence, and Prospero’s desire to interpret magical visions, as the stories are interwoven and each character learns the price of seeking revenge.