The Anatomy of Burke and Hare: a live dissection of friendship and mistrust on a background of whiskey-drowned murders.
Enter the courtroom for the trial of William Burke, the murderer of sixteen men, women and children in Edinburgh in 1828. When his accomplice, William Hare is taken in as a witness, all is not what it seems. Who tells the truth? Who lies in front of the law? And how did this long-standing friendship turn into betrayal?
Darragh Gilhooly's premiere play will make you dive into Victorian Edinburgh and witness first hand the mysterious and twisted relationship of Burke and Hare and the secrets that led to their destruction.
The development of this play has been supported by Leitrim County Council, Pavilion Theatre and the FringeLab.
