OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Dave Duggan 

• Setting

  Ebrington Barracks in Derry, 1916.

• Synopsis

  Francis Ledwidge was an Irish patriot and Nationalist, killed in action during World War I. This play finds him and his squad members facing the question in barracks: why return to the front when we have already survived three campaigns? Can we trick death again? Should we desert? Why would an Irishman join the British Army and can there be poetry in the midst of war?

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  1

• Total

  8

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling required. In the original production, the part of Private Boylan was played by a female actor who also took the part of Rosie Friel. The production also featured a drummer

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  25 February 2010

• Producer

  Produced by The Playhouse

• Original Venue

  The Playhouse
  

• Venue Notes

  The production subsequently went on tour to venues in Belfast, Dublin and Ballybofey, finishing up with a run of performances on the site of Ebrington Barracks itself.

Source Of Information

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