Freedom of the City

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 & Crew

Director

Eric Till

Florence Paterson

Lily

Neil Munro

Skinner

Mel Tuck

Michael

Edward Atienza

Judge

Desmond Scott

Brigadier Johnson-Hansbury

Gerard Parkes

Priest