John Boyne: ‘Wilde was gay, he went to Trinity, he went to England. That’s me, me, me’ – The Irish Times
What if Oscar Wilde hadn’t sued the marquis of Queensberry for branding him, typo aside, a “posing somdomite”…
Actor Agnes O’Casey: ‘I have a very clear sense of my great-grandfather’s spirit and his mind’ – The Irish Times
“I’m entering a new thing of saying ‘no’ to stuff,” Agnes O’Casey says with a nervous cackle. “I’m…
The Plough and the Stars, 100 years on from its riotous first run – The Irish Times
The same week that Seán O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars opened at the Abbey Theatre in February…
‘He never seemed old to me… he was quite adventurous’ – The Irish Times
I am on a phone call to playwright Seán O’Casey’s youngest and only surviving child. Shivaun O’Casey lives…
‘It was real violence, and I needed protection. Where was my father? There was blood all over me’ – The Irish Times
I’m sitting in Brenda Fricker’s big and peaceful ground-floor bedroom. The 80-year-old star of The Field and My…