Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis gripping production revives 17th-century court transcripts " and thumbscrews " to show just how little society has changedBy rights, a verbatim report of a 17th-century court case should be no more compelling than one that happened last week. Yet the reverse is true in Breach Theatre's tremendous three-hander evoking the 1612 trial of Agostino Tassi, who was accused of rape by Artemi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM on August 8, 2018