A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.

Cast

Ian Hart

Dad

Claire Hackett

Mum

A

Anthony Borrows

Liam

Dave Hart

Con

Megan Burns

Teresa

Anne Reid

Mrs. Abernathy

R

Russell Dixon

Father Ryan

Jane Gurnett

Mrs Samuels

G

Gema Loveday

Jane Samuels

Julia Deakin

Aggie

Andrew Schofield

Tom

Martin Hancock

David

D

David Knopov

Mr Samuels

Arnold Brown

Pawnbroker

J

James Foy

Lofty

B

Bernadette Shortt

Lizzie

D

David Carey

Lizzie's Husband

S

Sylvia Gatril

Nunney

C

Chris Darwin

Nunney's Husband

Stephen Walters

Black shirt