Freedom of the City (1975)

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 (10)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

F

Florence Paterson

Lily

N

Neil Munro

Skinner

Mel Tuck

Michael

E

Edward Atienza

Judge

D

Desmond Scott

Brigadier Johnson-Hansbury

Gerard Parkes

Priest

S

Sean Mulcahy

Liam O'Kelly

R

Richard W. Farrell

Prof. Cuppley

Cedric Smith

Balladeer

S

Steven Sutherland

P. R. Officer

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