OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Sam Thompson
Setting
The action of the play takes place in the Belfast shipyard, and in a small kitchen house in Ballymacarrett.
Notes
Cast also featured Members of the Lord Carson Memorial Flute Band.
Synopsis
A group of trade union officials face a dilemma when there is an outbreak of sectarianism amongst their fellow workers at a shipyard. In the aftermath of a sub-station explosion, blamed on the IRA, tensions are heightened, and Catholic workers in general stay away from the yard. Only one, Peter O'Boyle, turns up, and as a mob gathers, he refuses an offer to leave peacefully stating that he will not be forced from his work. A fellow trade-unionist, Protestant Davy Mitchell, makes the decision to stand together with his workmate, and they begin work knowing that tragedy may result.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
Full-Length
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Cast Size Male
12
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Cast Size Female
3
Cast Notes
PUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Title
Over the Bridge and Other Plays: Over the Bridge, The Evangelist and Cemented with Love
Edited by
John Keyes
Year
1997
Published By
Lagan Press
Address
7 Lower Crescent
Belfast BT7 1NR
Co. Antrim
Northern Ireland
ISBN
1873687664
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Information for this entry was taken from Sam Hanna Bell's 'The Theatre in Ulster', from the published script, and from the original production programme, press cuttings and material held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.