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Blood Relations: The Lizzie Borden Story
Studio 275 Presents: Blood Relations – The Lizzie Borden Story

TORONTO, Ontario, November, 2015 – Blood Relations, winner of the 1991 Governor General’s Award, is a play written by renowned Canadian Playwright, Sharon Pollock. Are you a lover of mystery narratives? You’re in luck because this coming March, you’ll going to revisit Halloween as this psychological murder mystery will give you a real “trick or treat”.
A little history lesson for those who are unaware. This award-winning play is basically focused on the case of Lizzie Borden, who was tried but ultimately cleared of the murder of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts, 1892. Since the case never actually reached a verdict, people to this day are still knocked-for-six as to
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