Freedom of the City

Overview

A play by Frian Friel, adapted for television by Hugh Webster. The story of three Londonderry citizens who took refuge in the Guildhall, escaping from the gas bombs and confusion of riot-filled streets during a confrontation between civil rights marchers and the military. Their story emerges in a series of flashbacks as a judge presides over a court of inquiry into their deaths.

Cast

Florence Paterson

Lily

Neil Munro

Skinner

Mel Tuck

Michael

Edward Atienza

Judge

Desmond Scott

Brigadier Johnson-Hansbury

Gerard Parkes

Priest

Sean Mulcahy

Liam O'Kelly

Richard W. Farrell

Prof. Cuppley

Cedric Smith

Balladeer

Steven Sutherland

P. R. Officer