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The Woman He Lived With
In 1828, William Burke and William Hare killed 16 people in Edinburgh and they sold the bodies to an anatomist. William Burke's common law wife, Helen MacDougal (played by Mercedes Yearley), was unaware until the final murder at a Halloween party, which she witnessed and tried to prevent. William Burke and Helen MacDougal were arrested, but she refused to say anything that might incriminate him. William Hare turned King's evidence, so just William Burke and Helen MacDougal went to trial. The case against her was not proven while William Burke was found guilty and sentenced to hang. Afterwards, she was driven out of Scotland. This is her story.
Creative Curve Theatre Company is a self funding company set up in 2014 and the first performance was “Brandy” at St John’s, Waterloo. At the Edinburgh Festival and at the Camden Festival in 2019 “Brandy” received several 4 star reviews. In 2018 “The Blitz Herstory” and 2020 “The Women of Waterloo” were performance as part of the Waterloo Heritage Weekend. The ethos of the company is the re – telling of history from the women’s perspective. Herstory as oppose to History.
Creative Curve Theatre Company is a self funding company set up in 2014 and the first performance was “Brandy” at St John’s, Waterloo. At the Edinburgh Festival and at the Camden Festival in 2019 “Brandy” received several 4 star reviews. In 2018 “The Blitz Herstory” and 2020 “The Women of Waterloo” were performance as part of the Waterloo Heritage Weekend. The ethos of the company is the re – telling of history from the women’s perspective. Herstory as oppose to History.
4.00 p.m
£10 per ticket
£10 per ticket
Corkscrew Hill
West Wickham Kent BR4 9BA
Sat 25 Feb 2023
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