OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Colm Maher 

• Setting

  Drogheda in the 1640s.

• Synopsis

  A play about the choices we make in war; stand and fight,or go into business with your enemy? Where do you place your loyalties when your own friend could turn and stab you in the back? Set during and after Oliver Cromwell's infamous siege of Drogheda.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  1

• Total

  6

• Cast Notes

  Some cast doubling possible.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  24 August 2008

• Production Notes

  Commissioned by the Old Drogheda Society, Louth Local Authority and the Heritage Council.

• Producer

  Produced by Upstate Theatre Project

• Venue Notes

  Site-specific. Part One (1641) was performed at Laurence's Tower in Drogheda; Part Two (1649) was performed in the Martello Tower in Millmount.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the company programme and printed material.