The Belle of Belfast City

Christina Reid

When three generations of a Northern Irish family are reunited during the week of an anti Anglo-Irish Agreement rally, supported by the National Front, the family finds itself caught between clashing political views. Dolly, a former star of the music halls, is the ageing matriarch who keeps her daughters Vi and Rose in line. Rose has returned to Belfast with her mixed-race daughter Belle, who is keen to learn about her roots. The family's skeletons are soon exposed as old conflicts with cousin Jack, a staunchly Unionist politician, are reawakened.

The Belle of Belfast City was first performed at the Lyric Theatre Belfast in May 1989. It is included in the collection Christina Reid: Plays 1, published by Methuen Drama.

Methuen 1987

Translated into: Polish

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