Defender of the faith
By: by Stuart Carolan
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780822222446
Subjects: Drama; Politics and government; Political violence; Families; Irish Republican Army
Description: An IRA family living in rural Armagh, Ireland, in 1986 come apart under the immense strain put on them when an IRA interrogator visits determined to find the informer in their midst. The father, his grown-up son, Thomas, and a long-serving farm hand, Barney, all fall under the suspicion of the menacing JJ from Belfast. The family's isolated farm becomes the setting for the frightening disintegration of the relationship between Thomas and his father as the pressure of the investigation and its results reopen the wounds of the already damaged family.
Notes: Cast: 5 men, 1 boy.