The Non-Stop Connolly Show

Non-Stop Connolly Show, The

    Author: Margaretta D'Arcy and John Arden

    First Performance: 1975, Dublin

    Published: 1977

    Genre: Hist. drama in 6 parts (15 acts); prose and verse (mainly rhymed)

    Setting: Edinburgh, Ireland, and USA, 1868–1916

    Cast: 3m, plus numerous smaller parts and extras played at the premiere by 13m, 9f, several children

    (1) Boyhood 1868–1889. James Connolly, born among the Irish in Edinburgh, can find no work, so joins the army and is sent to Ireland. He discovers Irish nationalism and international socialism.

    (2) Apprenticeship 1889–1896. Connolly, in Edinburgh once more, and married, seeks political office as a socialist and fails to find it; he seeks to earn a living and fails likewise.

    (3) Professional 1896–1903. In Dublin...

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