OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Alun Owen 

• Setting

  Set in the outbuilding of a monastery in a Spanish-American Republic shortly after the American Civil War(1860's).

• Synopsis

  A group of mercenary soldiers are fighting a war in a Spanish American Republic shortly after the American Civil War. To win the war the Victor must capture a particular pass - which is dominated by a monastery, a monatery which may be of huge significance to the Catholic CHurch but which is also situated on sacred Indian ground. A decision needs to be taken - Destroy the Monastery and take the pass or....? The big question here is whether the destruction of a religious Shrine can be justified by military expediency.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  2

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  18 May 1959

• Production Notes

  Produced by 59 Theatre Company, London by arrangement With Stanley Illsley & Leo McCabe.

• Original Venue

  3Olympia Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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