Face
π€ Act 1 — Doubt
I'm a detective.
I broke my leg on a case.
Lying here all day is killing me.
I need a case.
"I brought something that suits you."
"Criminals from history."
"Do your thing."
"Face reading."
Richard III.
The king who killed his two nephews.
But this isn't a killer's face.
Did he really do such a thing?
π Act 2 — Trace
The story begins with Thomas More.
Henry VII beat Richard III and founded the Tudors.
More's book was written during Henry VIII's reign.
He was loyal to the Tudors.
The boys were alive when Richard ruled.
He had no reason to kill them.
But Henry?
He saw them as threats.
The boys vanished under Henry's reign.
No records. No graves. Just gone.
All the evidence was written later.
That suited Henry best.
πΌ️ Act 3 — Framed
Elizabeth I was Henry VII's granddaughter.
Shakespeare was her court poet.
His play 'Richard III' backed her family.
Art became propaganda.
He gave her a masterpiece.
He gave the people a perfect villain.
It was a brilliant show.
Fiction became fact.
People crave villains.
They want someone to mock.
They want someone to blame.
And that sells.
⚖️ Act 4 — Verdict
"This challenges Shakespeare's legacy."
"You're no Shakespeare."
"No one knows you."
"It won't sell."
"It's been five hundred years."
"It's too late now."
"History isn't about truth."
"It's about who won."
"Hmm... this is pretty interesting."
"But not like this."
"Try changing the genre."
"How about a murder mystery?"
Time will Tell?
Truth loses when no one Checks.
The Time is Now.
NOW
Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time (1951)