A THRILLING adventure partly based on true events is being staged at Stratford's Swan Theatre from next week.

John Fletcher's The Island Princess features five men who compete for the hand of Princess Quisara on the Indonesian island of Tidore.

She vows to marry the man who can free her brother, who has been imprisoned by the villainous governor of Ternata.

But she soon faces a conflict of faith and a terrible moral dilemma as her idealism and beliefs are challenged beyond her expectations.

The Island Princess tuns from next Wednesday until September 14.

Tickets cost £5-£34 from the ticket hotline on 0870 609 1110.