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SEAN O'CASEY:  'THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS' AT IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman The Plough and the Stars (1926), by Sean O'Casey, is an inflammatory play, which insulted the families of those who died in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and started a riot at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, on February 11, 1919.  Because of the upheaval, W. B. Yeats felt that theatregoers  had "disgraced […]

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:29pm on June 1, 2019 ☆ ⚑

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