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'Vinegar Tom' is the title of a 1976 play by the British playwright Caryl Churchill.
The play examines gender and power relationships through the lens of 17th-century witchcraft trials in England. The script employs features of the epic theatre associated with German playwright Bertolt Brecht, particularly with its realistic use of songs as well as the added anachronism of the actors, who performed the songs in modern dress, despite the fact that the play was set in the 17th century. There were seven songs and twenty-one scenes. The play's title comes from the name of one character's pet cat, supposed to be her familiar spir
'Vinegar Tom' is the title of a 1976 play by the British playwright Caryl Churchill.
The play examines gender and power relationships through the lens of 17th-century witchcraft trials in England. The script employs features of the epic theatre associated with German playwright Bertolt Brecht, particularly with its realistic use of songs as well as the added anachronism of the actors, who performed the songs in modern dress, despite the fact that the play was set in the 17th century. There were seven songs and twenty-one scenes. The play's title comes from the name of one character's pet cat, supposed to be her familiar spirit, likely inspired by the supposed imp of one Elizabeth Clarke, a woman tried and executed for witchcraft in Essex in 1645. The play was inspired by the Women's Rights Act in 1970 and explored the thought that women were treated unequally to men in England, both at the time in which the play takes place, and the time in which the play was written.
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