Asleep under the Dark Earth

T022783080
Set in rural Wales in the 19th Century - a story of love, faith, magic and labour. Two sixteen year old girls, Bethan and Nia. One fair and refined, the other dark and passionate. A peasant and an heiress, in childhood they shared an education, a close friendship and the secret of magical rituals. When Caleb, a charismatic preacher, arrives in their small farming community, the friends become rivals and their magi is used for darker purposes. Commissioned under the BT National Connections scheme 1997.

Author

Sian Evans

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Archive :: production:T022783080, play:S2410, venue:V594

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