Women Who Know: A Witch Play at Abbey Theatre of Dublin

Women Who Know: A Witch Play’ explores the lives of three generations of women from Pendle, England, who, like so many others, met their end when the “King’s Justice” found them guilty of witchcraft and hanged them. Instead of focusing on their tragic ends, this play reimagines the complex lives lived by these women who possessed deep connections to the land, to the cosmos, and to feminine wisdom and bonds. What becomes of women’s magic when their shared knowledge and practices are deemed evil and their words branded as curses? What happens when the ancient bonds between women and the natural world are severed by strategic property lines imposed by men?