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The Witch of Edmonton
Thomas Dekker
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Description for The Witch of Edmonton
Paperback. One of the great collaborative works of the Jacobean age, issued alongside a major revival by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148.
In the village of Edmonton, Elizabeth Sawyer is shunned by her neighbours. A poor and lonely old woman, she is harassed and accused of being a witch. In her abject misery, she wishes that she really were bewitched and so able to have her revenge. Unluckily for Elizabeth and the villagers of Edmonton, someone with the power to grant that wish is listening.
First performed in 1621, The Witch of Edmonton was based by its authors Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley on a real-life case of a woman accused of witchcraft. The play was revived by the ... Read more
This Prompt Book edition of the play features the text edited for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team, including Doran.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848424036
SKU
V9781848424036
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Ref
99-5
About Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley were Jacobean dramatists writing between 1600 and 1635. Regular collaborators, on plays such as The Changeling (Rowley and Middleton), Westward Ho (Dekker and Webster), John Ford enjoyed the greatest individual success with his masterpiece Tis Pity She’s A Whore.
Reviews for The Witch of Edmonton
'Strange but spellbinding... I've never seen anything quite like The Witch of Edmonton... darkly seductive'
Times
'Darkly comic'
Telegraph
Times
'Darkly comic'
Telegraph