Word: bordenish
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...play concerns a Scotswoman (Pauline Lord) who, some 20 years before the play begins, was accused of some Lizzie-Bordenish ax murders and let off with the ignominious Scottish verdict Not Proven. She changes her name and lives down her past, but when her son becomes engaged, his fiancee's godfather spots the mother. In his efforts to trap her, and hers not to be trapped, the play becomes fairly dramatic. But a play should become fairly dramatic before...
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