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SHALL ROGER CASEMENT HANG? Will Come to the Hill Street Theatre Edinburgh

Peter Arnott's play, originally commissioned by Tron Theatre Glasgow, explores colonialism and Irish nationalism

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Union Theatre has announced that its debut theatrical outing will be a new production of Peter Arnott's Shall Roger Casement Hang? Originally commissioned and presented by Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Union Theatre Company will bring the play to Edinburgh this summer, with performances Monday 15 to Friday 19 June at the Hill Street Theatre. 

Based on real events in the run up to the Easter Rising, 1916, Shall Roger Casement Hang? is a dramatisation of the diplomat and Irish Nationalist's arrest and interrogation. A confrontation of two men who have served Britain, it asks fundamental questions about history, colonialism, and national identity. The stakes are raised when violent events elsewhere and a revelation of Casement's identity come to light, ensuring that the Empire they have both served will never be the same again. 

Written by Peter Arnott 100 years after the events that inspired it, Shall Roger Casement Hang? premiered at the Tron Theatre as part of its 2016 Mayfesto season in the wake of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. In a year when the population of Scotland go to the polls for the seventh Scottish Parliament election, Union Theatre revisit this important piece of work ten years on, with the question of Scottish independence as prevalent as ever and in the shadow of rising violence across Britain all in the name of national identity. 

Peter Arnott is often described as one of Scotland's most beloved and prolific playwrights. With a career that spans theatre across Scotland and elsewhere, his dramatic works include White Rose (Traverse Theatre, 1985), The Signalman (Play, Pie & a Pint, 2019) and the award-winning The Breathing House (The Royal Lyceum, 2023). 

Union Theatre is an Edinburgh-based independent theatre company that believes in the power of grassroots. Founded in the wake of Arkle Theatre Company, Union Theatre looks to foster a spirit of collaboration to create a diverse and lively fringe theatre community in the city of Edinburgh 52 weeks of the year. 

Union Theatre will make its theatrical debut with Peter Arnott's Shall Roger Casement Hang? at the Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh, Monday 15 - Friday 19 June 2026. 




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