THE STORY: The New York Times describes the play, “…as based on a strike in Dublin in 1913-1914 that led to the 'bloody Easter Week Rising of 1916.' But as in all Mr. O’Casey’s latter-day plays, the real theme is the life of man-his valor, his joy, his love, his religious devotion, his loyalty and his belief in the future…"
“A beautiful play…” —The New York Times.
“…drenched in greatness…given the universal accent of lyric beauty…The dramatist has poured into it his memories and his intense and idealistic feelings, and because he writes with such moving beauty, his play sings and soars.” —New York Post.
