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The Hanging of Francoise Laurent

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Cayley, Kate; Cayley, Kate

Author

Cayley, Kate

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monographic

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text

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First produced in 2010 at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Montreal. Historical period: 18th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2.

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Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory

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English

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Historical
Collective Creation
Physical Theatre

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cwrc:db9caf0e-7cc6-49a2-b182-383397d38223

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2018-08-29T18:01:53.133Z

Abstract

A woman in 18th-century Montreal woman is sentenced to hang for stealing a pair of gloves. Her one chance at life is finding a man willing to become the hangman and marry her. In prison, she finds a hole in the wall of her cell, and through the hole, a voice--a young soldier in the next cell, who has never seen her. This devised theatre work explores fate, desire, and salvation.

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The Hanging of Francoise Laurent
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A woman in 18th-century Montreal woman is sentenced to hang for stealing a pair of gloves. Her one chance at life is finding a man willing to become the hangman and marry her. In prison, she finds a hole in the wall of her cell, and through the hole, a voice--a young soldier in the next cell, who has never seen her. This devised theatre work explores fate, desire, and salvation., First produced in 2010 at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Montreal. Historical period: 18th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2., First produced in 2010 at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Montreal. Historical period: 18th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2.
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Cayley, Kate Cayley, Kate
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Text, Book, Historical, Collective Creation, Physical Theatre
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text
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cwrc:db9caf0e-7cc6-49a2-b182-383397d38223
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English
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