Precious Bane
By Meryl Friedman from the book by Mary Webb
Precious Bane is a play that needs 9 or more performers (5 women, 4 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 9 or more performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4m., 5w. (Doubling and cellist.) Limited Streaming Rights Available
- Recommended level
- Elementary
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- fantasy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Precious Bane is a story of ambition, prejudice, hatred, and the redemptive power of love. The play is set against the backdrop of rural England where mysticism, superstition and native folklore played an important role in land whose residents eked out a living under the harshest conditions. Prudence Sarn, born with a harelip and feared and scorned as a witch and outcast, possesses a passionate heart and spirit. Convinced by her brother, Gideon, that she has no hope a marriage and a family, she
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