Pleasance Dome, EdinburghCombining folk song, true crime, macabre comedy and more makes it hard to keep up with the already complicated 1892 case How do you stage the life and trial of Lizzie Borden, accused and acquitted of killing her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892? Actor-musicians interweaving folk songs, murder ballads, blues and bluegrass is one idea. Framing the story as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM on August 17, 2025