Maria Marten

Archive Listings for Maria Marten

The Murder in the Red Barn - T0137099195 Company Irving Stage Company.
20 Oct 09 to 24 Oct 09	Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds :: V76 listing details L1744893908
The Murder in the Red Barn - T399722638 Company Actors' Workshop.
10 Apr 08 to 12 Apr 08	The Mission, Bath :: V01045251853 listing details L1506592737
T01649546152 (OLDVIC03) Producer Old Vic Bristol.
19 Nov 03 to 29 Nov 03	Bristol Old Vic, Bristol :: V857 listing details L437621523
T01494418039 (COSMO01) Company Cosmopolitan Players.
31 Oct 01 to 3 Nov 01	Civic Theatre, Leeds :: V974 listing details L01949060952
Other listings
3 Dec 03 to 5 Dec 03	General, General :: V1279 listing details L900513255
29 Oct 96 to 2 Nov 96	Connaught Theatre, Worthing :: V725 listing details L1584320850

Details

Play :: Or Murder at the Red Barn. In 1830 William Corder murdered Maria Marten in a barn. As there was no popular press, this real life crime was acted out by various small groups of strolling players and fed the popular appetite of audiences, avid for horror, mystery and violence. The play grew in detail and length, becoming one of the first great 'Melodramas', author unknown. Audiences oohed with the wronged maiden, cheered the hero, laughed at the comedy and booed the villain.