Hartford Stage

Adapted by Jeremy Sams
Based upon the story “Die Erzählung der Magd Zerline”
from the novel Die Schuldlosen (The Guiltless) by Hermann Broch
Directed by Michael Wilson
Starring Elizabeth Ashley

Tony award winner Elizabeth Ashley returns to Hartford Stage to star as Zerline, an old serving maid in a once affluenthousehold who recounts her hypnotic story of lust, murder and revenge. The English language premiere of a play that has electrified audiences in Berlin, Paris and around the world.

“Elizabeth Ashley is one of the great actresses of the stage.” — Boston Herald

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