The Plough and The Stars Print
From November 1915 to Easter 1916, as the rebellion builds to a climax half a mile away, the disparate residents of a Dublin tenement go about their lives, peripheral to Ireland’s history. A dozen vivid characters come and go – selfless, hilarious and desperate by turns – while the heroic myth of Ireland is fought over elsewhere. To mark the centenary of the Easter Rising, the National stages an epic new production of Sean O’Casey’s greatest play.