The Lieutenant of Inishmore

17 Feb 2011
00:00:00 - 00:00:00

Theatre Exile

Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Plays & Players Theater
1714 Delancy Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

When Mad Padriac, the most lethal soldier of the Irish National Liberation Party is called home to his small town, he finds that his only true friend, Wee Thomas the cat, has been assassinated. There will be blood.

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