A Trump for Jericho

By Robert Kemp

Price:

£4.00

Item attributes

ISBN:

978-0-85174-470-4

Acts:

3

Females:

3

Males:

4

Item details

Robert Kemp described " A Trump for Jericho'', which was first performed by the Scottish National Players in 1947, as " a comedy of intransigence''. Set in the New Town of Edinburgh at the time of the Disruption in 1843, the action takes place in the flat of two sisters who find themselves on opposite sides of the religious divide. After many arguments they resolve not to speak to each other again -- and reinforce their intention with a line drawn down the middle of the carpet. But a succession of visitors, including a long-lost cousin who has been distilling rum in Jamaica, soon put a strain on this decision.