The Demon Box

T01387297941
1872. Inside Broadmoor. Inside the black box of the theatre. Inside the head of Richard Dadd. On a trip to Egypt, the great Victorian artist Richard Dadd believed that he had been contacted by the god Osiris. Upon his return, at the god's bidding, he murdered his father. He spent the rest of his life in Bethlem and Broadmoor. While there, he spent nine years working on his eerie masterpiece The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke. In 1872, he was given the job of renovating the theatre at Broadmoor... Welcome to the Demon Box. Performance length: Approximately 1 hour 5 minutes.

Author

Steve Hennessy

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Archive :: production:T01387297941, play:S02128900782, venue:V199

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Production details

London Premiere Part of Vibrant - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights