The tragedy of Jack Clitheroe (Ian-Lloyd Anderson), an Irish Citizen Army commandant, and his wife Nora (Kate Stanley Brennan) is one of the things that dominates the modern staging of The Plough and the Stars now on at the Bluma Appel Theatre. ( SEAN HOLMES )The Plough and the StarsWritten by Sean O’Casey. Directed by Sean Holmes. But it’s upon these characters that O’Casey spends much of his attention in The Stars and the Plough, one of the most commonly produced plays in Ireland: the ones who don’t necessarily choose to give up their lives for the independence of Ireland but are lost anyway. There are no heroes or villains — even the Irish soldiers suppressing the revolution joke, sing songs and show sympathy to the play’s main characters, who are sympathetic but certainly not saints — which is partly why the play caused riots when it premiered in 1926.

Source: thestar September 15, 2016 12:56 UTC