Mixed Marriage
by St John Ervine
by St John Ervine
Mixed Marriage is a poetic tragedy set in pre-partition Ireland that explores class and religious sectarianism through the struggles of a Protestant family as they confront societal tensions and personal conflicts sparked by love across divides.
About The Play
About The Play
“Not for the first time, one looks to the Finborough to come up with the most compelling play in London.”
Michael Billington, The Guardian
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As the city’s factories come out on strike, John Rainey, the respected head of a Protestant family, acts to calm the sectarian tension being stirred up by politicians for their own ends. On the streets, Rainey successfully unites Catholic and Protestant against the machinations of the factory owners, the nationalists and the Orangemen. But at home, passions rise when Rainey discovers that his son wants to marry the beautiful, innocent Nora, a Catholic…
Set in Ireland before partition, Mixed Marriage is a poetic tragedy – leavened with earthy humour – which dissects class and religious sectarianism through the breakdown of one ordinary family. It was a groundbreaking success in its time and established Ervine as a great Irish writer.
This production is another Finborough Theatre rediscovery, following in the footsteps of such sell-out successes as J.M. Barrie’s What Every Woman Knows and Quality Street, Graham Greene’s The Potting Shed and Emlyn Williams’ Accolade.