{"product_id":"9781350562295-tryal-of-witches","title":"A Tryal of Witches","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Bury St Edmunds in 1645, new mother Mary, alehouse worker Rose, and local healer Anne find themselves implicated in a deadly witch hunt, where for the first time in history 'spectral evidence' is admissible in court to affirm that witches can appear in two places at once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou really think I’d be here with you in the mud, the cold and the wet if I had proper magic?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEast Anglia, 1645. A hot and stifling  summer. The air is thick with paranoia and  superstition. Matthew Hopkins, the self-appointed Witchfinder General, travels  from village to village telling all who will  listen about the power of the devil and the  prevalence of witches. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe villagers have always gone to wise  woman Anne Alderman for help in illness  and childbirth. She helps Mary conceive and  the alewife Rose goes to her to deal with  an unwanted pregnancy. But when a child  accuses Anne of being a witch, the villagers  become wary. The Civil War continues, the  crops fail and then a man drops dead in the  alehouse. A moral panic sets in, everyone  needs somebody to blame. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Tryal of Witches\u003c\/i\u003e asks what led to one of  the most shocking witch trials in British  History. The trial in Bury St Edmunds was  the first time women were convicted using  ‘spectral evidence’ – the belief that witches  could be in two places at one time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with  the world premiere at Theatre Royal Bury St  Edmunds, in March 2025. The production  featured original music composed by the  band, TRILLS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55390459429238,"sku":"9781350562295","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38205887_6eab24e6-077a-4af1-8104-db1378020707.jpg?v=1763801089","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350562295-tryal-of-witches","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}