The Scarlet Letter

Leslie Fiedler pronounced it the first American tragedy. F.O. Mathiessen considered it the Puritan Faust. Until now it appeared that Nathaniel Hawthorne’s haunting drama of judgement alienation and redemption would be forever confined to the page. Now comes the stage version to do it justice. DeMaiolo’s brooding choruses of superstition and doubt hover like the furies hungry for vengeance on the voluptuous Oriental woman whose fate would commingle with every life in Salem. The audience joins the chorus as they weigh the American contract of freedom against the fine print of convention and taboo. EPerformance rights available from Applause.E