These Words Like Daggers: A Chamber Opera for Gertrude

BOOK & LYRICS BY LAUREN BOYD
MUSIC & COMPOSITION BY MICHAEL CLARK

DIRECTED BY DAVID HORAK

Opera, drama, and Shakespeare meet in this daring new work from the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. If there was a monster in your house, would you know? That is the question when tragedy strikes and a mother’s shock and grief force her to ask if she knows her own home. In a story of warnings, rumours, and mistakes the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

Created by Lauren Boyd and Edmonton composer/musical director Michael Clark with Dave Horak in the director’s chair this Hamlet-inspired opera will leave you wondering if the lady dost protest too much.