‘It’s the All-Ireland final of theatre’: The Plough and the Stars, 100 years on from its riotous first run

‘It’s the All-Ireland final of theatre’: The Plough and the Stars, 100 years on from its riotous first run

Frank McNally sits in on a new production of Seán O’Casey’s play and revisits the ‘chaotic scenes’ that greeted it in 1926

The same week that Seán OCaseys The Plough and the Stars opened at the Abbey Theatre in February 1926, the Free State government was setting up a Committee on Evil Literature. Comprising three laym… [+13245 chars]
‘It’s the All-Ireland final of theatre’: The Plough and the Stars, 100 years on from its riotous first run - FHMnews