Courtesy of the PCLNSharon Pollock
American History
Cross-Dressing
Family
Guilt
History
Murder
Slavery
War
90 min.
2002
In Fair Liberty’s Call, United Empire Loyalist family flees from Boston to New Brunswick during the American Revolution. In late October, 1785, they host a reunion and are joined by two veterans and a stranger whom they assume also to have been a former soldier on the Loyalist side. But the stranger reveals himself to be a Rebel seeking to avenge the death of his brother; at gunpoint he demands that the others choose one among them to be executed at first light.
Joan Roberts: late 50s.
Annie Roberts: Joan’s daughter, in her mid-20s.
Eddie Roberts: Joan’s second daughter, in her early 20s, who has dressed and lived as a man since she was 16. She is an ex-captain in Tarleton’s English Legion, a Loyalist in the unit in the American Revolution.
George Roberts: husband of Joan and father of Annie and Eddie, mid 60s.
Major Abijah Williams: mid 40s, formerly a major in Tarleton’s Legion.
Daniel Wilson: mid-20s, ex-coporal in the Legion.
Major John Anderson: early 30s, also a major.
Wullie: early 30s, former scout with the Legion.
1993, Stratford Festival
Fair Liberty’s Call can be found in Sharon Pollock: Collected Works, Volume Two, available through the CPO Website.
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