Power, Passion and Rocking Vigilante Justice
Vigilante
Written, composed and directed by Jonathan Christenson. A Production of Catalyst Theatre (Edmonton) in collaboration with NAC English Theatre
On February 4, 1880, an armed mob murdered five members of the Donnelly family and burned their farm to the ground. No one has ever been convicted for the massacre of the notorious Irish immigrants, despite two inconclusive trials. The vigilante justice imposed upon them was the culmination of an ongoing feud and conflict over land between the Black Donnellys and their neighbours in the township of Biddulph, southern Ontario. …