Forbidden love, war and deception are all present in the story of playwright John Millington Synge's Deiredre of the Sorrows (which hasn't been professionally produced in Chicago in a century), but it's hard to tell under the labored dialects and plodding script. Sometimes plays stay buried for a reason, and it's time for Deirdre to return to the vault. (review by Lauren Whalen)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:06AM on September 17, 2017