Scenes from an Inquiry

Overview

Written with the support of the Bloody Sunday Families, the play dramatises the experiences of family members and witnesses during The Saville Inqury (1998 – 2010), the public investigation into the killing of 13 people by the British Army on 30th January 1972 (known as Bloody Sunday). Duggan based the script on his experience of the Inquiry’s hearings at the Guildhall in Derry, reimagining the language of the testimonies ‘so that something of the greater human experience might be made public’ (Duggan, Plays in a Peace Process 2008, p.80). The play was first produced by Sole Purpose Production at The Playhouse in Derry on 31st January 2002. The director was Dave Duggan, the shadow film was by Jan Vaclav Caspers, and the compary was Jackie Duddy, Caoimhe Farren, and Sarah Wray. It was later adapted for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) in 2003 and in 2002 it received a revival at the Playhouse to mark 25 years of Sole Purpose Productions and the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Lead Creatives

Dave Duggan – Playwright
Kat Woods – Director of 2022 production

Participating or target groups

Cross Community
Unionist and Loyalist
Nationalist and Republican
Victims and Survivors

Funders

National Lottery Funding
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Key peace-related issues

Cultural Recognition
Conflicted Histories

Linked or legacy projects

Plays by Dave Duggan and produced by Sole Purpose Productions include: The Shopper and the Boy (Derry: Foyle Arts Centre 1996), Without the Walls (Derry: Foyle Arts Centre 1998), Waiting… (Derry: The Playhouse 2000), The Recruiting Office (Derry: The Playhouse 2004), AH6905 (Derry: The Playhouse 2005), and The Anti-Sectarian Cabaret (Belfast: Belfast City Hall 2006).