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In a Dublin brothel, Leslie Williams, a young British soldier held hostage, forms a bond with Teresa as the characters await the execution of an IRA prisoner in Belfast. News of the hanging prompts a Garda raid in which Leslie is killed; his corpse then rises and sings.
Set in Mountjoy Prison, the play follows prisoners and staff on the eve of an execution. The condemned man, called the Quare Fellow, is never seen; the other prisoners' reactions expose the brutality of capital punishment and the hypocrisy surrounding sex, politics and religion.
In a Dublin brothel, Leslie Williams, a young British soldier held hostage, forms a bond with Teresa as the characters await the execution of an IRA prisoner in Belfast. News of the hanging prompts a Garda raid in which Leslie is killed; his corpse then rises and sings.
Set in Mountjoy Prison, the play follows prisoners and staff on the eve of an execution. The condemned man, called the Quare Fellow, is never seen; the other prisoners' reactions expose the brutality of capital punishment and the hypocrisy surrounding sex, politics and religion.