Three outstanding performances in Conor McPherson's atmospheric five-hander Why are the Irish such good storytellers? The historical perspective is that the oral tradition goes way, way back, allied to the gift of the gab. On the psychogical level, is it partly an evasion, an escape from telling the truth about oneself? The transition from fantasy to honesty in Conor McPherson's first play of 1997, so much better tha…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:06AM on September 21, 2025