Defender Of The Faith
by Stuart Carolan

"2005 Winner of the George Devine Award. “The writing achievement of this play is beyond intelligence, indicating an artist at work untroubled by contemporary notions about lines between politics and art.” —Irish Times. “…a marvelously charged and emotionally intense and menacing drama…a deeply impressive debut by Carolan and a triumph for all concerned…shows how the wounds of war scar the victors as deeply as the defeated.” —Irish Examiner. “This frightening play should be required viewing.” —Sunday Independent (London). “…triumphantly unflinching theatre overflowing with honest complexity and bewildered sadness.” —Evening Herald (London). ”The men and even the young boys are all sharpened to flint by the ongoing struggle being waged over Northern Ireland's fate in Stuart Carolan's forceful drama set in 1986.“ —The New Yorker. ”…by writing a compact, ninety-minute play with only a handful of characters, Carolan gets right to the heart of the Irish conflict: how it ripped apar"

— Variety