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Fingersmith, Based on the Novel by Sarah Waters
December 4, 2016 | 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
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The American Reperatory Theater is proud to present Fingersmith, written by Alexa Junge, based on the novel by Sarah Waters and directed by Bill Rauch.
About Fingersmith:
The job seems simple at first: all pickpocket Sue Trinder, played by Tracee Chimo (Bad Jews), has to do is help a con man cheat a gullible young heiress (The Heart of Robin Hood‘s Christina Bennett Lind) out of her fortune. But nothing is quite what it seems in this mystery set in the shadows of Victorian England. Spiraling through London streets, madhouses, and a stifling mansion with a shocking secret, Sue finds herself in the most dangerous landscape of all: awakening sexuality, love, and betrayal. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch (All the Way) directs this adaptation of Sarah Waters’ best-selling novel, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.