Picnic Under A Gibbet

Picnic Under A Gibbet

A Court Jester and a Town Fool have a picnic with a dead king and a plague doctor.

PG-13 2021 · 18 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

From the director RICHARD CORSO, FISH (2016), THE SALESMAN (2018) and CASSIDY BLUES (2020) and adapted from the short story by GREGORY FERBRACHE. PICNIC UNDER A GIBBET is a political satire about a court jester (SEAN MICHAEL CUMMINGS) a town fool (CODY DERMON) and a traveling plague doctor (LEONARD BARRETT JR) who enjoy a nice picnic under the corpse of the previous king.

Directed by Richard Corso · Written by Gregory Ferbrache

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