OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Vincent Mahon 

• Setting

  A home for disabled ex-servicemen in London.

• Synopsis

  Willie, a Belfast Protestant, and Jim, a student from the Republic, work as porters in a home for ex-servicemen. A crippled soldier almost ready to leave is tormented by wheelchair-bound Sammy, who is full of bitterness about his own disability and the freedom of movement of the others. Angela, a nurse, discovers that her brother has been killed while serving with the British army in Northern Ireland.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  3

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  29 April 1980

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from contemporary press cuttings.