Overview
In 1915, Mary Barbour led 20,000 women in Glasgow's Rent Strikes. Mary
Barbour's Army fought against evictions from their homes with bundles of
washing, cooking pots and wooden spoons. They won.100 years on, an old
woman sits in a sinking Govan tenement, battling her memories and
reaching for an idea of a time which put all of us first.The 2014 Oran
Mor production, in association with the Traverse, played to sold-out
audiences. This year the play returns to Glasgow to join the city's
celebrations of the centenary of the Rent Strikes when the Clydeside
blazed with political activism.Contains foreword, essays and reflections
from Karine Polwart, Catriona Burness, John Foster and Mary Lockhart.