Der Rappe und Die Hexe

by Brian Grace-Duff

Like everyone else, the woodcutter and his wife ran out of food during the famine. They were left with the awful choice of seeing their entire family starve to death or abandoning their children to the forest. A year later, they've survived. A year later, is it a miracle or a curse that the children they abandoned return home? And what did the children do to survive? In a world of witches and accusations, what...

Like everyone else, the woodcutter and his wife ran out of food during the famine. They were left with the awful choice of seeing their entire family starve to death or abandoning their children to the forest. A year later, they've survived. A year later, is it a miracle or a curse that the children they abandoned return home? And what did the children do to survive? In a world of witches and accusations, what lies will they tell each other and themselves to try and make a home again?

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Der Rappe und Die Hexe

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  • Paul Donnelly: Der Rappe und Die Hexe by Brian Grace-Duff
    “

    Eerie and gripping, this story of loss and guilt and resurrection takes hold and doesn't let go. The narrative unfurls subtly at first but then builds to a frenzy of revelation and recrimination. This is a world of mystical forces and urgent hungers. The characters are suffused with elemental contradictions and complicated regrets. This is world-building and story-telling of the highest order.

    Eerie and gripping, this story of loss and guilt and resurrection takes hold and doesn't let go. The narrative unfurls subtly at first but then builds to a frenzy of revelation and recrimination. This is a world of mystical forces and urgent hungers. The characters are suffused with elemental contradictions and complicated regrets. This is world-building and story-telling of the highest order.

    ”
  • Jeremy Gable: Der Rappe und Die Hexe by Brian Grace-Duff
    “

    This is a really fantastic piece of work. Imagine the 20th century dialogue of Arthur Miller, the 21st century heightened realism of Sarah Ruhl, and the unique characters of Martin McDonagh, all blended together in a not-for-kids examination the of Hansel and Gretel story. Brian does an excellent job of creating something creepy and haunting and bleak, and yet so filled with humanity that it keeps you turning pages. I'd love to see how this one looks on stage.

    This is a really fantastic piece of work. Imagine the 20th century dialogue of Arthur Miller, the 21st century heightened realism of Sarah Ruhl, and the unique characters of Martin McDonagh, all blended together in a not-for-kids examination the of Hansel and Gretel story. Brian does an excellent job of creating something creepy and haunting and bleak, and yet so filled with humanity that it keeps you turning pages. I'd love to see how this one looks on stage.

    ”