Imagine the world is only 6000 years old and everything was created in six days…
This was the England into which Mary Anning was born just two hundred years ago.
Then came the pioneering work of geologists, studying rocks and fossils. The accepted truths about the world were blown apart. Within a generation, it was proved that there had been a vast prehistoric age, when unimaginable monsters roamed the earth and swam in the seas.
Mary Anning played a key part in this extraordinary time when, at the age of twelve, she discovered the first complete fossil of a prehistoric reptile in Great Britain right here in Dorset, at Lyme Regis. Throughout her life, she continued to make groundbreaking and spectacular discoveries.
In Alison Neil’s new one-woman play, Mary Anning tells her fascinating story and that of “the fine clever men of science” who took most of the credit for her work. The entertaining tale of this local woman, her life, her friendships, her struggle to make her mark, and put food on the table, is sure to provide an amusing and moving theatrical treat for audiences across Dorset this spring. And by the end of the show, you will surely know the difference between an ichthyosaur and a plesiosaur!
“research meticulous, writing compelling, acting marvellous”
TENBY OBSERVER
Fri 7 February, 7:30pm. The Portman Hall, Shillingstone. 07870972089
Sat 8 February, 7:30pm. Buckland Newton Village Hall. 01300 345543
Wed 26 February, 7:30pm. Langton Matravers Village Hall. 01929 423834
Thur 27 February, 7:30pm. Melbury Osmond Village Hall. 01935 83410
Fri 28 February, 7:30pm. Bourton Village Hall. 01747 840057
Sat 1 March, 7:30pm. Thorncombe Village Hall. 01460 30994
Sun 2 March, 7:30pm. Winfrith Village Hall. 01305 852117
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