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The Ferryman: Everything and Nothing by Nicole Serratore

(Photo: Johan Persson)Can a play be both rich and slight?  Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman makes me believe so. Set in Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1981, it is inevitable that The Ferryman will revolve around the Troubles.  But in many ways, Northern Ireland is simply the device Butterworth uses to tell a different story he's interested in.The Troubles are the framework he lays over a domestic situation …

SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 05:48PM on July 9, 2017

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