The Witch of Edmonton
Paperback, 128 pages ISBN: 9781848424036Publication Date:
30 Oct 2014
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
1621

The Witch of Edmonton

By Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley

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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 Royal Shakespeare Company as part of its 2014 Roaring Girls season, in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran and with Eileen Atkins as Elizabeth Sawyer.

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.

Press Quotes

'Strange but spellbinding... I've never seen anything quite like The Witch of Edmonton... darkly seductive'

Times

'Darkly comic'

Telegraph
Paperback,128 pages ISBN: 9781848424036Publication Date:
30 Oct 2014
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Thomas Dekker:

The Honest Whore
The Roaring Girl
The Noble Spanish Soldier
The Shoemakers' Holiday

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Also by John Ford:

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

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Also by William Rowley:

A Shoemaker, A Gentleman
The Changeling
A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)

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