OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Seán McCarthy 

• Setting

  Time: 1865
  Place: Roslin, Midlothian

• Synopsis

  Set during a strike in a Scottish pit-town in the 1860s, a group of highlanders march back home, led by their piper, rather than cross the picket. A group of starving Irish dispossed tenant farmers and their families appear, sent with the promise of work in the coal mine. Some of the more hotheaded Orangemen in the local community, however, resolve to teach them a lesson.

• 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

  1985

• Production Notes

  First produced by Scottish theatre company 7:84

• Venue Notes

  First performed at Cumbernauld Theatre.

Source Of Information

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