The recording of this staging of a dramatisation of the 1612 trial of Agostino Tassi for the rape of the young painter Artemisia Gentileschi came via the National Gallery Website. Based on surviving court transcripts, Breach Theatre’s award-winning show brought the trial vividly to life with the all too familiar attempts at denouncing Artmisia as actually consenting to and enjoying the relationship with Tassi.
It was a very inventive staging that was also upsetting in its depiction of the betryal of trust by Tassi who was Artimisia's tutor and a friend of her father. Lasting only 75 minutes, it was an absorbing piece that will hopefully remain available on YouTube as it definitely bears re-viewing.
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