Juno and the Paycock
It's got to be said, Irish playwrights have their own personal brand of misery. "Juno and the Paycock" by Sean O'Casey is a long, slow burning play that simply revels in poverty and gloom. A piece that is all the more anguished because it's also regularly so funny. This co-production between the Abbey Theatre, where the play premiered, and the National Theatre should have been perfection. It isn't.Howard Davies and B…