OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tom Swift 

• Synopsis

  A dark and deeply political meditation on life's repeating cycles of violence, this play tells the the tale of a mystery boy who falls from the sky into the muddy, murky and violent world of Jed Senior. On Jed's ranch the swine feed on butterflies, Latvian farmhands run internet scams and power flutters from the barrel of a gun. But the boy's eagerness to learn Jed's etiquette of violence upsets the balance of power, leading to a bloody conflict which leaves no-one on the Butterfly Ranch unscathed.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  3

• Total

  11

• Cast Notes

  Cast Doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  26 April 2004

• Producer

  Produced by The Performance Corporation

• Original Venue

  Smock Alley Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and promotional flyer.