When terminally ill author Robert Louis Stevenson accepts an impossible deadline to write a novel in just days to save his family from financial ruin, he must confront the literal demons of his fevered imagination—and the hidden darkness within himself—to create the masterpiece that will become Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Seeking Mister Hyde is a biographical drama that pulls back the curtain on one of literature's most iconic stories by dramatizing the harrowing week in 1885 when Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Desperately ill with what doctors fear is tuberculosis, the brilliant but struggling Scottish author faces mounting debts, a crumbling marriage, and a publisher's ultimatum: deliver a complete novel in eleven days or lose everything. As Stevenson pushes himself to the brink of death, fueled by experimental medicines and fevered determination, his own fictional characters step out of his imagination to guide, challenge, and haunt him—including Long John Silver from Treasure Island, a respectable lawyer named Utterson, and a sinister figure who calls himself Edward Hyde. Racing against impossible deadlines while his concerned wife Fanny fights to save both his manuscript and his life, Stevenson must wrestle with uncomfortable truths about his own past, his capacity for darkness, and what it truly means to be a good man. 

Blending historical accuracy with theatrical magic, this play explores the creative process at its most desperate and inspired, asking whether great art requires suffering—and whether the monsters we create on the page are reflections of the ones we harbor within. Perfect for literature lovers, fans of literary history, and anyone fascinated by the thin line between genius and madness, Seeking Mister Hyde celebrates the power of storytelling while revealing the very human story behind one of the most enduring tales of duality ever written.