OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Gerard McLarnon
Notes
The cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere production. As such, cast size details should be taken as approximate.
Synopsis
A play set on the eve of the Twelfth of July, when a bonfire is being prepared in part to celebrate the release from prison of Willie McNulty, a Protestant, who has served time for blinding Catholic neighbour John Hanna. The blinding incident, it slowly emerges, was prompted not by religious motivations, but because of a menage-a-trois between McNulty, his fiancee Vanessa Lindsay and John Hanna, with whom she has been having an affair. Meanwhile, rumour spreads that Hanna has been faking his blindness to obtain McNulty's conviction. An angry mob gathers as the bonefire is lit to obtain justice from Hanna, even as he and Vanessa are making a pact to deliberately end their lives, and the play ends in tragedy.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
Full-Length
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Cast Size Male
8
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Cast Size Female
4
Cast Notes
12
UNPUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Contact
Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of Northern Ireland
Address
The Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North
Belfast BT1 5GB
Northern Ireland
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Information for this entry was taken from press cuttings, and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.
