Plays to perform
Tearing the Loom

Cast: 2f 5m

Staging: Single interior set

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

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Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
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First Staged:
Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 1998

Tearing the Loom

By Gary Mitchell
Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

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.

Cast: 2f 5m

Staging:Single interior set

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Enquire about availability or apply for performing rights for this title

Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
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Also by Gary Mitchell:

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

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