Corpus Playroom, Cambridge
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
13 January
– 17 January 2015
By Lee Blessing
Introduction
The Cast
Production team
In a run-down New Mexico ranch house in 1908, the ageing Pat Garrett lives alone with his memories.
Ash Upson, the ghostwriter of Garrett's book about the 1881 shooting of Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner, finds Pat in bad financial straits, having squandered his chances for fame, wealth and glory in his later years. Ash has brought with him a man who claims he is the real Kid.
Is this man Billy? If he is, then who is Pat Garrett? Drama and legend collide as the play deconstructs the whole Wild West myth-making process.
Venue
Corpus Playroom, Cambridge
