The Ballad of Maria Marten

T2145311885
A classic real-life murder mystery thrillingly retold for a contemporary age. Summer, 1827. In a red barn Maria Marten awaits her lover. A year later her gruesomely murdered body is found in a grain sack, barely identifiable. Maria's story sent shock waves throughout the country. Her murder became national news, inspiring writers and film makers down the ages. The sort of gruesome tale that had all the hall marks of a classic crime drama - a missing body, a country location, a disreputable squire and a village stuck in its age old traditions. But in all this hysteria Maria's own story gets lost. Until now. Hal Chambers and Beth Flintoff's spine tingling retelling rediscovers her story, bringing it back to vivid, urgent life.

Author

Beth Flintoff

Archive :: production:T2145311885, play:S1839388069, venue:V497

Performance

Venue	Coliseum Theatre
	Other spaces: Studio Theatre, Roundabout
Town	Oldham
County	Greater Manchester
From	22nd March 2022
To	26th March 2022
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Company

Presented by	Eastern Angles
Producer	Matthew Linley Creative Projects (in association with the Stephen Joseph Theatre)
Director	Hal Chambers
Director	Beth Flintoff (associate director)
Design	Verity Quinn
Lighting	Zoe Spurr
Music	Luke Potter
Music	Jessica Dives (music captain)
Director	Rebecca Randall (movement director)
Other	Katie Albon (movement associate)
Performer	Elizabeth Crarer (Maria Marten)
Performer	Jessica Dives (Phoebe Stowe)
Performer	Sarah Goddard (Ann Marten)
Performer	Susie Barrett (Lucy Baalham / Thomas Corder)

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