King of Shadows

Nat is a 12-year-old orphan who hides from his own brokenness by acting, mainly in Shakespeare plays and mainly well. He is recruited to play Puck by the exclusive Company of Boys, which travels from the United States to England to perform “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Julius Caesar” in the newly rebuilt Globe Theater, a replica of the one in which Shakespeare acted 400 years prior. Shortly after arriving in England, Nat crosses that 400-year gap, waking up one morning to find himself in the Elizabethan era, expected to be Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Will Shakespeare himself playing Puck’s master, Oberon.