Lyttelton, LondonHis powerful female characters redeem this handsome but hackneyed revival of Seán O'Casey's great 1926 playThe Plough and the Stars is now most famous for causing a riot. When first staged at Dublin's Abbey theatre in 1926, a group of republican women protested over its anti-heroic stance towards the 1916 Easter Rising. Seán O'Casey, ever more socialist than nationalist, was sceptical about the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:13AM on August 7, 2016