King Ludwig II of Bavaria, played by Elijah Ferreira, is a decadent 19th-century monarch. He built fairy tale castles while funding the operas of Richard Wagner. Eventually he was deposed by his government on the grounds of homosexual insanity. The Mad Gay King follows Ludwig’s dangerous obsessions as they are ignited by the arrival of Richard Hornig, played by David Buttle. He is a stable master with a secret. Hornig’s presence in the Bavarian court forever changes the course of Ludwig’s fateful legacy and placed the future of his kingdom, his legacy, and even his sanity at the edge of a dangerous precipice. Book here.