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Bella Donna

by David Copelin

Excommunicated by her father's successor as Pope, weary of her husband's infidelities, the infamous Lucrezia Borgia finds passion with Giovanni, a young soldier she meets while both are in disguise. As war looms, the inexorable law of unintended consequences reveals a long-buried secret that tests everyone in the play. Sharp, satiric, full of hot-blooded characters, David Copelin's Bella Donna creates a dramatic world where religious faith takes surprising forms, lies fuel history, and gossip might as well be truth.

“One part Shakespearean intrigue, one part slapstick farce, Bella Donna marries elaborate characters, high drama and an aggressive sense of humour to create an altogether excellent piece of theatre. The cracking story of courtly intrigue in 16th-century Italy employs mistaken identity, cross-dressing, Oedipal impulses and heretical humour, and the sharp dramatic turns surrounding the rule of the excommunicated Borgia family are like free-based thespian crack for audiences. One of the sparkling jewels of this year's Fringe.”
—Andrew Braithwaite, eye Weekly

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