Sisterhood

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Sisterhood


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Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/10/2019
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location.
Grange Barn
25 West Street,
Coggeshall,
Essex,
CO6 1NS.


Event Description


Sisterhood, a multimedia play by Jolie Booth, is a gentle but fearless adventure into the dark heart of patriarchal rule.

In the 17th Century the infamous self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins waged a personal vendetta against women in East Anglia. Seeing Witchcraft everywhere, in just three years he was responsible for killing 60% of those executed for witchcraft in the UK.

Three women, aged 20, 40 and 60 (without a virgin, mother or hag in sight) are in a church cell, on the night before their trial for Witchcraft. Split between two timelines, Sisterhood takes in the history of the infamous 16th century witch trials alongside modern-day concerns women face in a world of political and environmental upheaval. The stories of the 16th century characters interweave with episodes from the performers’ own lives, revealing an immediate and clear association. The play has been likened to The Handmaids Tale – ‘but with more hope’.

With its opening date on a full moon and moving towards Halloween, the play undertakes a ‘Healing tour’ of East Anglia, visiting 10 of the principal locations associated with the Hopkins’ reign of terror. Booth is a local, having grown up in Braintree, Essex, and has spent the last 30 years working as a Tudor at Kentwell Hall Re-Creation in Long Melford, Suffolk.

Sisterhood was written by Booth and is performed by Jules Craig (Marjorie), Jolie Booth (Alice) & Coco Maertens (Kitty). The play is also being published as a novel by King’s England Press.

Event Contact Information


Website Address: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/grange-barn
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