1841. Paris.
A woman is floating in the river Seine.
Performance for Stage and Screen students at Sheffield Hallam University perform an adapted reading of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Mystery of Marie Roget. Based upon the murder of Mary Cecila Rogers in New York in 1841, it is considered to be the first ‘true crime’ story. UK/Australian performance company Doppelgangster have prepared this version of the tale especially for the students as part of an initial research and development project into Poe’s tales of ratiocination.
CREDITS
Facilitated & Directed by Dr Tom Payne
Adapted from Edgar Allen Poe’s The Mystery of Marie Roget by Dr Tom Payne and Tobias Manderson-Galvin.
Photo by Jorge Lizalde.
DATE
Winter Gardens, Sheffield
Off the Shelf Festival
Sat 21 Oct 2017 | 1-4pm
