A reading of a new play by Jessica Freed – WAKING THE LAND. Following imprisonment in 1918 by the British of over 100 Sinn Féin and other activists, based on the so-called ‘German Plot’, the play focuses on a moment in time, where three extraordinary Irish Revolutionary women find themselves incarcerated together in Holloway Prison in London.Kathleen Clarke, Constance Markievicz and Maud Gonne MacBride were each unique in her own way – each passionately fighting for the same cause but often in very different ways.Three such strong personalities thrown together for months, in isolation, reveal the multiple facets of Ireland’s struggle for freedom.
Cast and Creatives
BAIRBRE NÍ CHAOIMH
Director
NOELLE BROWN
Cast
JESSICA FREED
Cast
DEIRDRE MONAGHAN
Cast
NONI STAPLETON
Cast
IAN BLACKMORE
Cast
DANIEL COSTELLO
Cast
BRÍAN Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN