On 19 April 1621, a woman named Elizabeth Sawyer was hanged at
Tyburn. Her story was on the bookstalls within days and within
weeks was adapted for the stage as The Witch of Edmonton. The devil
stalks Edmonton in the shape of a large black dog and, just as
Elizabeth Sawyer makes her demonic pact, the newlywed Frank Thorney
enters into his own dark bargain in the shape of a second, bigamous
marriage. Torn between sympathy for Sawyer and Thorney and a
clear-eyed assessment of their crimes, the play was the finest and
most nuanced treatment of witchcraft that the stage would see for
centuries. Lucy Munro's introduction provides students and scholars
with a detailed understanding of this complex play.
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