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Good Friday 1612. High on a hill in the wild and lawless area of Pendle, a secret meeting is held at Malkin Tower. By the end of the year, most of those present have been sentenced to death at Lancaster Castle - hanged for the crime of witchcraft.

This powerful play attempts to unravel the mysteries behind one of England's most famous trials, that of the notorious Pendle Witches. Did Alice Nutter and the others really take part in a witches' Sabbat? Or were these Pendle folk innocent victims at a time of persecution, paranoia and superstition? Sabbat imagines the events leading up to the trial and execution of The Lancashire Witches and asks: who held the real power behind the tightly closed doors of Pendle? How many lives were destroyed by laws born out of fear?

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  • ISBN-13: 9781849432467
  • ISBN-10: 1849432465
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publish Date: October 2012
  • Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 72

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