London, 1676: Spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn is having more than her share of troubles. Her last play was a flop and her financial situation is getting desperate: she's in debt to a money-lender who could have her arrested for non-payment at any time. Her on-again, off-again relationship with an alcoholic attorney is dangerously close to being on again, and she's stuck with the worst actress in the world as the lead in her new comedy. But when she offers to organize the funeral of a murdered man it seems her troubles are only just beginning...