Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose.With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.Lucy Kirkwood's play The Welkin premiered at the National Theatre, London, in January 2020, directed by James Macdonald and featuring Maxine Peake and Ria Zmitrowicz.'A superb new history play - a feminist courtroom drama that's equal parts Twelve Angry Men, The Crucible and The Vagina Monologues, plus a dash of searing, up-to-the-minute political and social commentary. a warm, humane and very funny piece, firmly anchored in women's everyday experience' Broadway World'Brilliant, brave, bold and intelligent theatre. It is, for all the seriousness of its subject, often very funny yet at the close, profoundly moving' WhatsOnStage'A mighty play: magnificent in its scope, depth and intricacy. a wise, funny, richly intelligent and generously ambitious play that asks, as all good history plays do, how far have we really come?' Financial Times'Dazzles with its examination of the big, immovable structures that inflict violence on women. there is so much richness in its visual imagination' Guardian'Ungoverned, furious, larky, layered. sheer gutsy audacity' Evening Standard The astonishing new play from the award-winning author of Chimerica and The Children. One life in the hands of 12 women. Rural Suffolk, 1759. Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons have to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848429215

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