One of Glasgow's theatres has programmed a special season of plays looking at historic events in Ireland, in particular the Easter Rising of 1916.
The Tron Theatre's Mayfesto, which runs from May 2-28, is marking the 100th anniversary of the events of 1916 with a series of new productions and modern Irish dramas.
The season features the world premiere of Shall Roger Casement Hang? by Peter Arnott, which forms the "centrepiece" of the festival.
The play concerns the Irishman, human rights campaigner and diplomat Casement, who was hanged for treason in London by the UK Government in 1916.
The work "takes place in the bloody aftermath of the Rising, when the question of what to do with the rather inconvenient Ulsterman, undoubtedly guilty of treason against the British government, looms large."
Casement led a varied and controversial life, being a diplomat, a humanitarian activist, particularly in his reports on the horrors of colonialism in the Congo, and an Irish revolutionary.
His Black Diaries, which detail his secret homosexual life, were used at the time by the British government to discredit him, and there has been controversy over whether they were forged or genuine.
The theatre said in a statement: "Hero, martyr or traitor, or all three, Peter Arnott's riveting new work forms the centrepiece of the festival."
There will also be a play about James Connolly, the Edinburgh-born man executed for his part in the 1916 Rising.
It has been written and directed by playwright Martin McCardie and actor Brian McCardie, who plays Connolly in the RTE serial Rebellion.
It features Connolly's own words, the recollections of fellow Irish volunteers and the testimony of his daughter Nora Connolly O'Brien.
Irish company Rough Magic will stage Stewart Parker's modern Irish drama Northern Star.
It tells the story of Belfast-born United Irishman, Henry Joy McCracken as he dissects the reasons for the failure of the 1798 rebellion.
The director Fraser MacLeod will stage A Present State, which uses discussions around the Easter Rising as a "starting point to explore power struggles, look at what unites and divides and ask questions about whether we can ever truly be free."
The Tron will also show My Name is Saoirse, written and performed by Eva O'Connor, about an "ordinary, extraordinary 15-year old girl growing up in 1980s rural, conservative, Catholic Ireland."
The Tron will also host two nights of readings of work by Irish and Scottish women writers, called Challenging the 2:1 Ration, directed by Orla O'Loughlin and Muriel Romanes.
Theatre critic and columnist, Joyce McMillan will chair a panel discussion on the 4 May that looks at the challenges faced by women writers in Scotland and Ireland today.
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