... a one-woman play, Snape Church, 17th March, 3pm
“In petticoats, I was nobody.
In breeches and red coat, I was — I am — somebody.”
Hannah Snell was a real woman who disguised herself as a man, and joined the infantry in 1745 to fight Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobites. Three years later, she joined the Marines, sailed to India, and fought the French and their Indian sepoys. When she returned home, a theatre near St Pancras employed her and, for the Summer of 1750, her act and her story were pretty much the talk of the town.
Like other extraordinary women, Hannah Snell has a taken a back seat in history, but she (alias Snape’s own Georgina Lock who wrote her 21st century script) is making a come-back. The Friends of Snape Church (FOSC) are hosting "Hannah Snell, Female Soldier, 1750 " at Snape Church on Sunday, 17th March 2024 at 3:00pm.
The performance lasts 40 minutes and is followed by a Q&A.
Entry is by donation,
with all proceeds in aid of repairs to the church guttering.
Refreshments will be offered.
If you are not able to come to THIS performance, you are warmly invited
to an Open Rehearsal at the Church on Thursday, March 14th at 2:30pm.
You can read more about Hannah on Georgina's own website.
Download the poster above by clicking upon it, perhaps to print for display in your window.
Thank you for your support of Snape Church.