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The Plough and the Stars

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 10m

Sean O'Casey

The Plough and the Stars is Sean O’Casey’s third play of the acclaimed Dublin
Trilogy.


The Plough and the Stars

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 10m
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved

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Summary
From November 1915 to the Easter Rising of 1916, the lives of ordinary, working-class Dubliners go on, as one of the biggest events in Irish history takes place.
History
The Plough and the Stars was produced at the Fortune Theatre, London on 12 May 1926.
JACK CLITHEROE a bricklayer — Commandant in the Irish Citizen Army
NORA CLITHEROE his wife
PETER FLYNN a labourer — Nora's uncle
THE YOUNG COVEY a fitter — Clitheroe's cousin
BESSIE BURGESS a street fruit-vendor
MRS GOGAN a chairwoman
MOLLSER her consumptive child
FLUTHER GOOD a carpenter
LIEUT. LANGON a Civil Servant — of the Irish Volunters
CAPT. BRENNAN a chicken butcher — of the Irish Citizen Army
CORPORAL STODDART of the Wiltshires
SERGEANT TINLEY of the Wiltshires
ROSIE REDMOND a daughter of ’the Digs’
A BAR-TENDER
A WOMAN
THE FIGURE IN THE WINDOW

Media

“[It] draws out the complex humanity of its characters.” — The Guardian

“Playful, painful and, yes, resonant evening.” — The Times

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Sean O'Casey

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