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Return to previous page The Soldier's Song
Theatre Royal, Stratford
(14th March 96 - 13th April 96)
Review by Darren Dalglish
19th March 96
This is the first play by Bryan James Ryder and what a wonderful job he's done.
It is set in Belfast on the eve of the IRA cease fire.It tells of one family's troubles. The father unemployed for fifteen years and his wife looking to go to night school so she can get a job and do something different with her life, and their daughter who is at university and their son who is unemployed and a member of the IRA. The family does not know about their son's involvement. The play concentrates on the the emotions and tensions of the troubles plus the son's attempt to no longer be a part of the IRA and the consequences of it if he left .
The acting is quite superb, particularly by Anne Carroll who plays Irene McManus(Mother) and Billy Carter who plays Eamon McManus(The Son). Also good, although she played a small part , is Mary Macleod who plays May McFarlane a friend of the family whose child was killed by terrorists some years ago.
The play touches on some sensitive issues and tries to show how life is like for Catholics under these conditions in Belfast. John Dove the director succeeded in this without being too dramatic and too violent. This is a play well worth seeing.
(Darren Dalglish)
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