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It stands for the ultimate test of ulster s loyalty. The production was subsequently taken to the edinburgh festival in 1995 and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The production was subsequently taken to the edinburgh festival in 1995 and opened at the royal shakespeare companys barbican theatre, london, in march 1996. Jan 01, 2005 observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme, which was first staged in dublin in 1985, seemed to capture that new mood, for in it a playwright from the staunchly republican county of donegal set out to confront my own bigotry and to introject his unionist other. Donegal, frank mcguinness lives in dublin and lectures in english at st. Keith jeffery, ireland and the great war, cambridge, 2010. The centenary of the 1916 easter rising is a few months short of being over, but the abbey is already bidding its farewell with frank mcguinness play observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme. Observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme at. Jul 08, 2016 one hundred years on, the abbey theatre presents a major new coproduction of observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme directed by headlongs artistic director, jeremy herrin. Raife baker tony bingham observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme, running september 4 20, 2014, is presented by special. Observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme a play. Paul kennedy in observe the sons of ulster marching towards the somme, at citizens theatre, glasgow.
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