Trespasses (1997). This two-act play, based on my radio play of the same name for RTE, is about a rare Irish witch trial of the seventeenth century: the case of Florence Newton in Youghal.

Cast: eleven roles, which can be played by two women and four men.

 

PUBLICATION

Trespasses is published in Emma Donoghue: Selected Plays (London: Oberon Books, 2015), introduction by Cathy Leeney, http://oberonbooks.com/emma-donoghue-selected-plays

 

PRODUCTIONS

Workshop production, International Women Playwrights Conference, 1997

Cheltenham Festival of Literature Youth Drama Festival, produced by Cirencester College, 11-19 October 1997

 photo of cast of Trespasses, Cheltenham Festival of Literature Youth Drama Festival, 1997