No Second Trumpet

It must have seemed like some terrible divine retribution. In the mid-1800s, approximately one million Irish men, women and children died as a result of what came to be known as the Great Famine. The Great Famine resulted from the failure of the potato crop, Ireland’s staple food at the time, over a period of several successive years. But the Irish people are known to carry a courageous heart, a determined spirit and a deep-seated sense of faith and good cheer, even in the face of such dire adversity. It is these attitudes and beliefs that are examined by playwright William Weber in No Second Trumpet, now receiving its world premiere at the Celtic Arts Center.