A DARK and moving tragic comedy about the last woman to be publicly hanged in Dorset will be performed next month.
The Ballad of Martha Brown will return for another tour following sell out string of dates with Artsreach last summer.
The acclaimed Dorset based physical theatre company, Angel Exit are back - featuring a tale of jealousy and passion, based on the true story of Martha Brown.
Martha began life as a dairymaid in rural Dorset, a hard life of mud and toil. After surviving her first husband and her two children, she gave up on the notion of happiness until she met her second husband John Brown. He was twenty years her junior and their passionate relationship descended into domestic violence and infidelity. That was until Martha murdered John with an axe and then accused a horse of killing him.
Angel Exit look at the circumstances that catapulted Martha Brown from being an insignificant milkmaid to an infamous murderess tried in Dorchester County Court and hanged by the infamous hangman William Calcraft in front of 3,000 people.
The production will be performed at Burton Bradstock Village Hall on Saturday, October 10, Milton Abbey New Barn Theatre on Sunday, October 11 and the Broadwindsor Comrades Hall on Saturday, October 24.
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