Becky Nurse of Salem (TCG Edition): A Contemporary Comedy about a Historical Tragedy

By Sarah Ruhl

Book Overview

A wry, innovative reckoning with the legacy of the Salem witch trials from one of America's foremost playwrights.

Becky Nurse is an outspoken, sharp-witted tour guide at the Salem Museum of Witchcraft who's just trying to get by in post-Obama America. She's also the descendant of Rebecca Nurse, who was infamously executed for witchcraft in
1692--but things have changed for women since then...haven't they? After losing her job for calling out The Crucible in front of schoolkids, Becky visits a local witch for help. One spell leads to another, and then everything really goes off the rails. A darkly comic play about a woman coming to terms with her family's legacy and finding her voice in the "lock her up" era.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559369876
• ISBN13: 9781559369879
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"