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In 1640s England, Irish political operative Pearl and playwright Tom Backhouse try to use Parliament’s appetite for Shakespearean history to advance Irish sovereignty. Their strategy unfolds inside a shifting play-within-a-play, with characters and viewpoints moving between the political story and its theatrical rehearsal.
A deserter sergeant and three soldiers arrive in a northern English mining town in 1879, pretending to recruit workers while intending to denounce colonial violence after the death of their comrade Billy Hicks. Musgrave prepares a public demonstration that escalates toward mass retaliation, but a death among the soldiers and Annie's intervention disrupt the plan; the dragoons arrest the survivors.
In 1640s England, Irish political operative Pearl and playwright Tom Backhouse try to use Parliament’s appetite for Shakespearean history to advance Irish sovereignty. Their strategy unfolds inside a shifting play-within-a-play, with characters and viewpoints moving between the political story and its theatrical rehearsal.
A deserter sergeant and three soldiers arrive in a northern English mining town in 1879, pretending to recruit workers while intending to denounce colonial violence after the death of their comrade Billy Hicks. Musgrave prepares a public demonstration that escalates toward mass retaliation, but a death among the soldiers and Annie's intervention disrupt the plan; the dragoons arrest the survivors.