Tearing the Loom
First Staged:
Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 1998

Tearing the Loom

By Gary Mitchell

A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.

Gary Mitchell's play Tearing the Loom was first performed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, in 1998.

Also by Gary Mitchell:

In a Little World of Our Own
Burnt Out
Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
Trust
Loyal Women
The Force of Change
As the Beast Sleeps

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