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    Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is 
    under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to 
    shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of 
    the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a 
    brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor 
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  description: "A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas 
    Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is 
    under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to 
    shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of 
    the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a 
    brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor 
    that examines the intersection between faith and cult, an exploration of 
    violent belief at the edge of the world."
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# Prophets

A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor that examines the intersection between faith and cult, an exploration of violent belief at the edge of the world.

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