Twelve Hours Play

The Friends of St Lawrence (FoSL), St Lawrence for our Time project was launched in 2022 to reorder the church to install a water supply, toilet, kitchen area and flexible meeting space.  FoSL are avidly fundraising in order to progress the project.

Friends of St Lawrence

Twelve Hours recreates an intense event in Jane Austen's life, when she accepted an offer of marriage and rejected it twelve hours later.

St Lawrence, Church

The beautiful and ancient church at Wootton St Lawrence is a place of worship, and a site of historical importance. The Friends of Wootton St Lawrence intend to provide a welcoming space that is open, accessible to all and flexible enough to enable worship and community initiatives to flourish. This will include providing toilet facilities and a kitchen to encourage greater use of the building for drama, art, exhibitions and music. To raise funds for this, Twelve Hours, a play by Phil Howe will be performed in the church on Friday 14 th April 2023 at 7.30pm. The play is about a real event, Jane Austen accepted of an offer of marriage from Harris Bigg-Wither, the owner of the Manydown estate and rejected it twelve hours later.The one woman monologue recreates an intense event in her life that is often overlooked. This drama is approached with sentiment, humour and respect.The work is to be performed by actor Kerry Fitzgerald, who trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.It is a big decision to say, “Yes,” to a marriage proposal. It is an even bigger decision to change your mind overnight.The play, which lasts approximately 55 mins will be performed as a costumed read-through. Phil Howe will be available afterwards for a Q&amp;A session and signings of the book, Twelve Hours.The venue is fitting as it is the very church that her would be fiancé, Harris Bigg-Wither, has a large memorial dedicated to him and there is an engraved image, by Lawrence Whistler, of Manydown House where the proposal took place. D﻿oors open at 6.30pm. with a complementary drink and time to socialise P﻿lay starts at 7.30pm and lasts approx 55mins after which there will be time for Q&amp;A session with Phil Howe and book signing. P﻿arking will be available on the green meadow behind the church. Signposting will be present.P﻿lease note the church has no water supply nor toilet facilities. If you would like further information or would like to become a member of FoSL email: friends@oww.church.

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