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Bury the Hatchet review

“Gripping true-crime tale”
ReviewsAug 1, 202509:58 by Lyn GardnerPleasance Dome, Edinburgh
David Leopold, Sasha Wilson and Lawrence Boothman in Bury the Hatchet at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh. Photo: Alex Brenner
David Leopold, Sasha Wilson and Lawrence Boothman in Bury the Hatchet at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh. Photo: Alex Brenner
Murderously confident theatre from Out of the Forest Theatre about the truth behind the 1892 trial of Lizzie Borden, accused of the axe murders of her father and stepmother

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