It is a grim, beautiful, tragic story of jealousy and rage and justice almost no matter where it comes from, but in Lucy Holland’s hands it takes on new life.
When her body is found, someone takes it and transforms it into an instrument of some sort which then begins to sing the tale of the dead girl’s fate. The elder sister pushes the younger in and refuses to help her out again, resulting in the younger’s death. Lucy Holland’s Sistersong reimagines the old British folk ballad of “The Twa Sisters” into something rich with depth and emotion, flipping every traditionally held view of such tales on its head and straight into the hearts of modern audiences.įor the unfamiliar, “The Twa Sisters” is an old folklore murder ballad which recounts, with some variation depending on version and location, the tale of two sisters who venture down near a body of water. We picture princesses finding true love and adventure, escaping the confines of her sheltered life with the help of a prince. The origins of fairy and folk tales are never as polished as we imagine them to be when we are children.
The British folklore ballad as you’ve never seen it before
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