"'Tis my part to use that language," says Winnifred to Frank when he asks her whether she forgives him for what the crimes that he has committed. But on stage, the line from Thomas Dekker, John Ford, and William Rowley's 1621 play "The Witch of Edmonton" also seems in the current production in Basel by the Gay Beggars to refer to how the actors have learned to "use that language" from the seventeenth-century to play their parts. The lively and wide-ranging production runs for four more shows at the Kellertheater at the English Department of the University of Basel: Sunday, December 8, and then Friday to Sunday, December 13 to 15. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 7 December 2024)
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