The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Anniversaries are lotteries. Sometimes they allow us to see the past with fresh eyes; at other times, they simply accentuate the growing distance between then and now. Because this year marks the centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916, the National has decided to revive Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars, whose last two acts are set during the ill-fated uprising against British colonial rule.read more

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