The Religious Society of Friends has appeared across popular entertainment, in shows like Six Feet Under, Outlander, and Long Bright River, and on stages as well. Ann Lee (1736–1784) was raised a Quaker in England and later left the society. This month, her life is retold in a new movie-musical, The Testament of Ann Lee, which follows her journey and her escape from religious persecution in eighteenth-century England. The film stars Pennsylvanian actor Amanda Seyfried.
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