The Aspidistra Code

A sinister but comic drama of honour and violence, from the award-winning author of

Howie the Rookie.Brenda and Sonia are head-over-heels in debt. They fear the arrival of the Drongo, a violent and unpredictable loan-shark. But Brendan's brother Joe has hired protection in the person of Crazy Horse. Turns out the two hard men are old mates and the crisis seems averted – until the Drongo's code of honour is called into question and violence threatens once more.Mark O'Rowe's play

The Aspidistra Code was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1996.