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Bern Ballett: Witch-Hunt " review by Judith Mackrell

Royal Opera House, LondonIn 1782, as Europe was embracing the spirit of Enlightenment, a small town in Switzerland tortured and killed a woman for witchcraft. An eight-year-old girl, Annamiggeli Tschudi, accused the family servant, Anna Goldi, of magically filling her stomach with needles. Cathy Marston's new work attempts to tells the story of how a small child could have formed so horrific an idea. Played out again…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PM on May 23, 2013

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