The real Lizzie Borden, was acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother, but in Blood Relations, the chilling question still repeats.
“Lizzie Borden took an ax,
Gave her mother forty whacks
When the job was nicely done
She gave her father forty one”
– traditional children’s rope skipping rhyme
Inspired by the true story of an infamous murder case that took place in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Blood Relationsis a psychological murder mystery that explores the destructiveness of a patriarchal society that often rendered women powerless.
The play opens 10 years after she has been acquitted of the murders, with the two central characters, Lizzie Borden, and her friend and lover, the Actress. The play tantalizes the audience with the chilling question: “Did you, Lizzie? Lizzie, did you?”
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