The treaty

• Verfasst von: Murphy, Colin [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The treaty
• Verf.angabe: Colin Murphy
• Verlagsort: London
• Verlag: Methuen Drama
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 79 pages
• Format: 20 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Modern plays
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 978-1-350-29987-0
• ISBN: 1-350-29987-1
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Drama
• Sach-SW: Historical drama
• Sach-SW: Political plays
• Sach-SW: Historical drama
• Sach-SW: Political plays
• K10plus-PPN: 1820425215

Abstract

In October 1921, after more than two years of war, a delegation of untested Irish politicians arrived in London to negotiate with the British government for peace, unity and a republic. They returned home with just one of those; and that peace didn't last long, as war with Britain was replaced by war with their own. Were the Irish outclassed or outgunned? Were they deceived? Did they deceive their colleagues back in Dublin? Or did they achieve the best that could be achieved, an incremental step on the way to fuller sovereignty, in the process redefining the British Empire? The Treaty tells the story of what happened inside those negotiations, as Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith faced off against one of the most formidable negotiating teams ever assembled, headed by the 'Welsh Wizard' David Lloyd George, with Winston Churchill often at his side--back cover