Mary Blandy was hanged outside Oxford Castle in 1752 for the murder of her father. The evidence was stacked against her: that she contrived with her scoundrel lover to poison her father to get at his money. But more has emerged since and this play brings that in and re-examines the case against Mary but in a modern courtroom with good lawyers and a more open mind. Did she do it? Yes! Did she she know she was doing it? That is for the audience as jury to decide. Can we be so lovesick sometimes that our actions bely our nature?
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