The Secret Game

Winner of the Mobil Prize for Playwriting, Ireland, 1995. Is killing ever justified? This gripping drama examines the terrible choices of a teenage terrorist and a young mother in an exploration of contemporary morality. On her way home from a traumatic weekend, Chris is seeking solace with her aunt near the Northern Irish border. Parking her car, Chris disturbs a terrorist hide-out in her aunt's barn. As Chris is held captive through the night, it becomes apparent that her terrorist captor is not the only one with a dark secret...


Anne Le Marquand Hartigan is an award winning playwright, poet and artist. Plays include Beds, Dublin Theatre Festival, 1982, La Corbiere, Project Theatre, Dublin, 1989, Jersey Lilies, Beckett Theatre, Dublin, 1996, In Other Worlds, Ohio Northern University, 2003. Le Marquand Hartigan has published seven collections of poetry. Her work has been translated into several languages and adapted for music and opera.