OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Jack Loudan 

• Setting

  Belfast, during July 1798.

• Synopsis

  An account of Henry Joy McCracken's part in the United Irishmen rising of 1798, and his trial and execution for those actions.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  12

• Female

  2

• Total

  14

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  31 March 1945

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster Group Theatre

• Original Venue

  Group Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, the published playscript, from press cuttings, and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.