Four hundred years ago, a desperate Apothecary sold poison to a heartsick boy named Romeo. Now, this Apothecary – still alive in the Present – is determined to atone for his part in the deaths of history’s most famous lovers. Encountering a troubled young woman and a guileless young man, the Apothecary contrives to build a romantic love that cannot be destroyed … with dangerously emotional results. Vial Man is a lively theatrical concoction of magic, loss and the consequences of true passion denied.