The Plough and the Stars review: Abbey’s centenary staging features fine performances but doesn’t always gel

Tom Creed directs a cast led by Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty, Kate Gilmore, Michael Glenn Murphy, Thommas Kane Byrne and Mary Murray ...

‘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 ...
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What are the stars in the Plough?

THE Plough, also known as The Big Dipper, is one of the most well-known monuments in the night sky. It earned its named for its shape, with four bright stars making up a bowl and three bright stars ...