JOSIE IRELAND
October 2019
Be sure I looked up at her eyes
Happy and proud; at last I knew
Porphyria worshipped me; surprise
Made my heart swell, and still it grew
While I debated what to do.
That moment she was mine, mine, fair,
Perfectly pure and good: I found
A thing to do, and all her hair
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around,
And strangled her. No pain felt she;
I am quite sure she felt no pain.
- Excerpt of Porphyria’s Lover, Robert Browning
Writer: Charlotte Armitage
Performers: Charlotte Armitage, Mariam Mikeladze, Juliette West
Lighting & Video Designer: Josie Ireland
Photography: Josie Ireland