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John Boyd
The east end of Belfast in 1932.
The Downies are a working class family in Belfast during the Depression. Willie Downie is a trades union activist, and his wife a labour candidate: they scandalise the neighbours by soliciting the votes of Catholics as well as Protestants. Willie's brother Bob is a railwayman whose bookish son, Joe, seeks to better himself by education. Bob's wife Jane finds her solace through drink, and this costs her her life.
Plays General
Full-Length
7
4
08 March 1977
Produced by Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre
John Boyd: Collected Plays 2
1982
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