Abbey Theatre http://www.theatromania.ca/taxonomy/term/165/all en The Plough And The Stars http://www.theatromania.ca/news/plough-and-stars <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="720" height="480" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/Image-2A.jpg?1474084214" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Dublin's Abbey Theatre revisits Ireland's violent political past with powerful new production</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by Abbey Theatre<br />Written by Sean O'Casey<br />Directed by Sean Holmes</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Sean O'Casey's 1926 play <a href="https://www.canadianstage.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=plough"><em><strong>The Plough and the Stars</strong></em></a> gets a fresh staging in Abbey Theatre's new production directed by Sean Holmes, now playing at the Bluma Appel Theatre with the support of Canadian Stage. The production comes as part of the Abbey Theatre's "Waking the Nation" season, which commemorates the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising<span class="st" data-hveid="49">—</span>the armed action of the Irish revolutionary period.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 4 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Wed, 2016-09-14</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2016-09-18</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/bluma-appel-theatre">Bluma Appel Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/plough-and-stars" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/plough-and-stars#comments Abbey Theatre Canadian Stage Reviews Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:52:47 +0000 Lauren Gillett 1159 at http://www.theatromania.ca