| The Minstrel Boy
by Christine Emmert
ISBN #1-933159-33-2 Cast
Synopsis
It is the night after James' funeral. Megan is confronted by Deirdre, James'
wife and Megan's daughter-in-law. As they talk we learn that James died in
prison in a hunger strike. Deirdre left him some months before after
growing tired of his terrorist activities. She talks of her love for James,
their troubled life growing up amidst the fighting between the Irish and the
English. Megan wants the baby to follow in James’ footsteps, revealing that
though in the end James requested food and his wife, Megan never spoke out,
allowing her son to die. Megan
now questions what she did for the Cause, for James, or for herself. The Setting A late night. The parlor of a home in Belfast, 1980. It is late evening. Black bunting hangs over pictures and the windows. Author
BiographyChristine is a playwright whose work has been published and performed in three countries. She won the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association Award in 1990 for her piece, SEBASTIEN'S SUCCULENTS. Living in Pennsylvania presently with her husband, Richard, Christine also has published poetry, essays, short fiction and is about to have her first novel, ISMENE, released in 2006. Her play, THE JUDAS KISS, was adapted into a film of the same name by Invictus Films. She also has a career as an actress and director. |
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Would you like to see more from Christine Emmert? Consider her one-act Betta Fish |
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