Freedom of the City, The
- Full Length Play, Drama, 1970s
- 16M, 1F
- ISBN: 9780573609152
"Friel fleshes the awful, numbing casualty statistics and gives them breath and life."
Sunday Telegraph
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: 1970s
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
An unauthorized Civil Rights March has been dispersed and three demonstrators, two young men and a middle-aged mother of 11, take refuge in the Town Hall. Hysterical rumor inflates the trio to 40 armed rebels and they are besieged. When they surrender they are shot.
REVIEWS:
"Friel fleshes the awful, numbing casualty statistics and gives them breath and life."
Sunday Telegraph
"Friel has written the best Northern Irish play since the present troubles began; it is also the least tainted by propaganda or the simplifications to which such a subject becomes prone."
Financial Times
Characters
- Casting: 16M, 1F
SKINNER
MICHAEL
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER
PRIEST
JUDGE
POLICE CONSTABLE
DR. DOBBS
BALLAD SINGER
BRIGADIER JOHNSON HANSBURY
ARMY PRESS OFFICER
DR. WINBOURNE
PROFESSOR CUPPLEY
LIAM O'KELLY
SOLDIERS, REPORTERS, BARKEEP
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Set in Londonderry in 1970, this gripping drama by the acclaimed author of Faith Healer and Translations, explores the ongoing Irish "troubles" that plague the country to this day. |
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