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The Witch of Edmonton
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 3, 2011
Closed Feb 20, 2011

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Red Bull Theater presents the first major Off Broadway production of this fantastical tragicomedy, featuring a witch, a fool, a young man, his two wives, an angry mob, and one very devilish dog. In a new adaptation of the original Jacobean play by Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley, this rarely-performed classic rips open the dark underbelly of a small town. As the lives of its inhabitants intersect in strange and spellbinding ways, the power of a community for both good and for evil is revealed. Red Bull Theater's upcoming production offers New York theater-goers an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience this fascinating and disturbingly timely tale.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Theatre at St. Clement's
423 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Like a blank verse precursor to John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick, the Jacobean play The Witch of Edmonton, now playing at Theatre @ St. Clement's, details the sad, and sometimes comic, events that take place when the devil finds his way among the citizenry of the town of Edmonton. The work, a collaboration of Thomas Dekker, John Ford, and William Rowley, is so rarely staged that any opportunity to see it is welcome, and while director Jesse Berger's production is unevenly performed, there is much to savor in this latest offering from the Red Bull Theater.

Most notable is the work of Charlayne Woodard who plays Elizabeth Sawyer, a poor woman who is ridiculed and despised by her neighbo[...]


Reviewed by Andy Propst on Feb 4, 2011

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