Chekhov
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The Virtues takes us back in time, to dark happenings in 1980s Louth
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 15, 2019, 22:00
Chekhov once called for drama to be as naturalistic as possible by drawing one poignant example. “People eat their dinner, just eat their dinner,” he (...)

Helena Molony: A persistent fighter for working women
- Heritage
- December 10, 2018, 00:00
Helena Molony (1883–1967), actor, republican, trade unionist, and feminist, was born on January 15th, 1883, at 8 Cole’s Lane, off Henry Street in Dubl(...)

Who is Dublin for? Who do we want to share it with?
- Stage
- September 19, 2018, 05:00
Willie White is moving beyond it. It isn’t that the artistic director of the Dublin Theatre Festival (DTF) is reluctant to discuss this year’s setbac(...)

Afterplay review: Brian Friel taps into his inner Chekhov
- Stage
- March 24, 2017, 05:00
Afterplay Gate Theatre ★★★★ Brian Friel was often described as the Irish Chekhov. In his plays from the 1970s, in particular Living Quarters and Ar(...)

The Yalta Game at the Gate: a seesaw of guilt and passion, while reality lurks nearby
- Stage
- March 16, 2017, 18:26
The Yalta Game ★★★★ Gate Theatre, Dublin In a short play commissioned by the Gate, Brian Friel’s The Yalta Game from 2001, inner lives and outward ap(...)

John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny
- Film
- January 28, 2017
John Vincent Hurt, actor, born 22 January 1940, died 27 January 2017 Few British actors of recent years have been held in as much affection as John H(...)

Culture Shock: From Chekhov to ‘Westworld’, what’s with the doomer mentality?
- Stage
- October 21, 2016, 13:00
An earnest young playwright announces his experimental new work with a pretentious flourish, exhorting the lakeside shadows, or mists (depending on yo(...)

Saoirse Ronan ascends yet another rung on the ladder of fame as she appears on the international cover of this week’s Time magazine. The Irish actor(...)

Geoffrey Rush: ‘I used to be the Fool; now I’m Lear’
- Film
- May 20, 2016, 06:00
Should you ever require an Oscar winner to compile cheat notes for a play, might we point you towards Geoffrey Rush, an actor who can make you rethin(...)

Kate Beckinsale: Phone taps and Austen super powers
- Film
- May 20, 2016, 06:00
It seems only right and proper that a sparky, funny clever-clogs like Kate Beckinsale is something of a Jane Austen veteran. During the 1990s, the (...)