The Witch of Edmonton
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The Witch of Edmonton by Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley
Adapted and directed by Marc Silberschatz
Summary
On the shores of a new world, the settlement of Edmonton is founded. Outside the new-built walls is scarcity, disease and ontological ambiguity. Inside, an apparently harmonious community is beset with mendacity, fecklessness and unrestrained greed. Assailed with unrelenting pressure from within and without, a cast of characters including merchants, farmers, young lovers, a witch, a bigamist, a cross-dresser, a simpleton and a sexual predator try to get on with their lives in a place they can’t understand and can’t leave. Then the talking dog shows up...