Behind God's Back

This is a true story. The fly-blown summer of 1919. A remote Hungarian village. While the men have been away fighting in the war, the women have enjoyed their new lives of independence. Suzanna is the village midwife and medicine woman, and has become a woman of influence But now the men have returned from the trenches. As has their culture of casual brutality. Suzanna’s not missed her husband, Julius, or the bruises he leaves. Her neighbour, Adel, is adjusting to the new reality of a husband who’s come back mutilated and shell-shocked. And now she has to put up with Julius’ attentions. But both women know that revenge is a dish best served with arsenic. ____________________ Text | Emma Harding Music | Joseph Howard Direction | Sophie Daneman Musical Direction | Otis Enokido-Lineham Suzanna | Anna Cooper Adel | Emily Thorner Julius | Theodore McAlindon Flute | Yi-Hsuan Chen Clarinet | Ivan Rogachev Violin | Ryo Koyama Viola | Suzie Qiu Cello | Xiaodi Zhao Piano | Yupeng He