OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Robert Ellison 

• Synopsis

  Set in and around a Belfast housing estate, Rough Beginnings explores the hopes and aspirations of young people in a hostile modern world. Gip gets a trial for an English football club, Jimmy, turned down by the navy because of colour blindness, cannot find a job while Anton, brain-damaged as a child, needs Gip to lead and guide him.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  2

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 April 1991

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from contemporary press cuttings.