In episode 4 Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Laura Turner and Stephen Gilalrd from Fury Theatre. We discuss what makes us angry, writing for the stage and screen and The Blue Room in Lincoln in advance of their run of Abigail at the Space (3rd-7th May 2022, livestream on 5th May and on demand access for two weeks after that).
Abigail brings to the stage the untold story of the true-life character of Abigail Williams. The accuser, running from the Salem Witch Trial. A young woman, dismissed by history, lost in a world she cannot comprehend. This piece puts Abigail herself, and not the events of the Salem Witch Trials, at the heart of the drama, exploring the emotional and psychological effects an event such as Salem may have had on a young, vulnerable woman. The play is set in Massachusetts in 1692, but this isn’t the staid, inaccessible story of the history books. This is a world that is alive with music, passion, danger and deceit. Abigail will fall into the traps of this world, but she will also revel in its decadence, debauchery and excess.
“My name is Abigail Williams and this is my story. Not the story you think you know, of Salem and courts and crying witch. My story that starts here and ends…”
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Theme Music: Monsieur Miaow by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Episode edit credit: Sierra Hoss
