Christie Gilbert
Scene: the kitchen of Jane Cummins's house in Ballymacarrett, Belfast. Time: the present.
When a Belfast couple discover that their elderly neighbour has been hoarding her meagre wealth in an old stocking, they try to wrest the money from her by exerting ‘gentle’ persuasion. In the process, the woman dies of shock. Attempting to stage this as a suicide, the neighbours flee and leave the gas on in the house. When the woman’s drunken sister returns home, she strikes a match …
Drámaí Ginearálta
Aon-ghníomh
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19 January 1933
Produced by Northern Drama League
Central Hall
Information for this entry was taken from the company programme, held at Belfast's Linen Hall Library Theatre Archive, and from press cuttings sourced for this project.