A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

Brenda is under siege in her Belfast home. Daughter Jenny's baby is crying upstairs, her mother-in-law is sleeping in the front room and her husband is back after years in prison. And now the women of the Ulster Defence Association want her to demonstrate her loyalty to the cause...

Gary Mitchell's play Loyal Women was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2003.

About the Author
Gary Mitchell is a British playwright based in Northern Ireland. His plays, many of them political thrillers about contemporary life in Belfast, have been widely performed, and he has been called 'Northern Ireland's greatest playwright' (Guardian). His stage plays include In a Little World of Our Own (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1997), As the Beast Sleeps (Abbey Theatre, 1998), Tearing the Loom (Lyric Belfast, 1998), Trust (Royal Court Upstairs, London, 1999), The Force of Change (Royal Court, 2000, winner of the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright), Loyal Women (Royal Court, 2003) and Burnt Out (Lyric, Belfast, 2023).

Reviews

'His writing has the blazing conviction of lived experience combined with an unfashionable relish for strong plots. His best work has a stomach-churning intensity... What a superb night of theatre this is'

* Daily Telegraph *

'A vivid portrait of entrenched attitudes... a devastating critique of society where violence is still seen as the solution rather than the problem'

* Guardian *



Book Information
ISBN 9781854597830
Author Gary Mitchell
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Weight(grams) 144g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 8mm