the next play reading will be on
The play to be read will be " Pictures of Clay" by Sharif Samad.
Synopsis: Pendle Hill Lancashire,1610 is at the height of the Prostestant Reformation but in this barren poverty-stricken spot Catholicism
is still being practised and old superstitions about witchcraft still abound."Pictures of Clay" tells the story of Anne "Mother Chattox" Whittle ,Elizabeth" Old Demdike" Southerns
and Demdike's grand-daughter Alizon Device,who are tried for witchcraft and testify against each other to try and save their own lives.
Grave robbing ,witchcraft rituals and the struggle to crush Catholicism provide a richly-textured background to this dark tale of fear and suspicion, hatred and betrayal.