Eye - 28 October 2011

From a performance in Leeds to a visit from Paul Parker

by Eye 28th October 2011

Testing principles in Leeds

Leeds, home of the Royal Armouries and once site of a large tank factory, recently played host to the Quaker Theatre Company’s performance of ‘George Fox and Margaret Fell Get Stuck in a Lift’ by Alan Avery.

Martin Schweiger, of Roundhay Meeting in Leeds, tells Eye that the company, in putting on the play, had presented Friends with ‘a valuable gift.’

The play, performed by Alan Avery and Martina McClement (see photo), begins with the arrival at 10 Downing Street of a new prime minister. She is a Quaker, representing a minority party, and had not anticipated a surprise victory at the polls.