OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Seán McCarthy 

• Setting

  Set in Glasgow

• Synopsis

  Set in Glasgow in 1974 this play centres on a Scots Irish family, who are on the brink of owning their own home and joining the middle class after years of toil. However the sectarian strife, which is rife in the city, threatens to tear them apart. Rose, the Glasgow-born mother of the family, makes heroic efforts to hold them all together, but her son's involvement in paramilitary activity precipitates a dreadful tragedy, which ultimately brings about the destruction of the family unit.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  2

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1975

• Production Notes

  First produced by the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company of Edinburgh

• Venue Notes

  First produced at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company of Edinburgh

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, with additional material supplied by the writer.