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Purple Path to the Poppy Fields

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Maurice G. Meldon 

  • Setting

    A small island off Ireland

  • Synopsis

    An tiny, superstitious community that sustains itself by trading poitin is aging rapidly, with only two young people left among them, Bridgeen and Meehawl. The future of the island race depends on them, but Meehawl is killed by a hand grenade, and celebrated as a martyr by those left behind.

  • Play Type

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    Number Of Acts

    One Act

Original Production

Original Cast

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