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"We can't understand everything. It's no good trying to puzzle it all out. We must just have faith - that's all. Just have faith." Ulster in the 1890s. John Ferguson lives by the word of God, and believes there is a reason for everything. His wife, Sarah lives by the earthly reality around her. The family is on the brink of eviction from their farm, as a result of John's ailing health. When a local man makes a proposition to their daughter that will save them all, there begins a spiral of events that will test John's faith and his family to their limits... Set in a rundown farmhouse in County Down, Ervine's powerful tragedy, John Ferguson was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1915, establishing Ervine as one of Ireland's greatest writers. The play was subsequently performed in 1919 at The Theatre Guild in New York where it was originally scheduled for just five performances - it eventually ran for more than 130, putting the Guild on the Broadway map and saving it from bankruptcy. It was last produced in England by Nigel Playfair at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in 1920.

Cast/Performers

Paul Lloyd, Ciaran McIntyre, Veronica Quilligan, Alan Turkington, Zoe Rainey, Paul Reid, David Walshe

Creatives/Company

Author: St John Ervine
Presented by: Lightbox Productions (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director: Emma Faulkner
Design: James Turner
Lighting: Elliot Griggs
Music: Angus MacRae