A Night with the Knight of the Burning Pestle: Full of Mirth and Delight

Dale is proud of how his acting career is progressing. Tonight for instance is the last night (at the beautiful Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) of a well-received run of Beaumonts The Knight of the Burning Pestle in which he plays Rafe. But his colleague Topher who plays Jasper seems to think something is missing in Dales life. Theyre not really friends and Dale sees little point in reprising the one night on which they were not-really-friends with benefits.However! Despite the distractions of performing this chaotic two-plays-within-a-play Dale is plagued by the niggling doubts prompted by Topher. Dale might be better off paying attention though - because maybe Francis Beaumont writing over 400 years ago already provided the answers to Dales dilemma.