Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murder of her parents; what happened next? Blood Relations is set ten years afterwards; Sarah Rodrigues helps us fill in the gaps.
In the second half of our chat with Blood Relations director Diana Lobb, she talked about gender roles: in this play, in the works of Pollock generally, and also in the production team. Read on!
KWLT's "Miss Lizzie" is back! In this installment, Sarah Rodrigues gives us the events surrounding the murders and the trial from her character's perspective.
What was Lizzie Borden's early life like? Sarah Rodrigues is playing the part of Lizzie in KWLT's Blood Relations, and she's written us a post from Borden's perspective.
Continuing our series of conversations with the Blood Relations cast and crew, we have Michael L. Davenport, the show's costumer, telling us about some difficulties of period pieces and the lengths one goes to solve them.
It's not easy being a woman in the 19th century, particularly if your family thinks you're incapable of being a “lady”. Knowing the family fortune is being manipulated away, knowing her beloved birds were exterminated for being “a nuisance”, knowing there was absolutely nobody to trust, Lizzie Borden finally snaps — turning an axe against those who wronged her. Did she commit murder? Or did her parents end themselves?
A new musical comedy treatment of the fairy tale of Thumbellina. All ages welcome. For tickes and more information see the Enchantment Theatre website.
