Seamus Heaney was born on Thursday, April 13th, 1939. ‘Thursday’s child has far to go.’
Samuel Beckett
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The charismatic poet whose intimacy and boldness continues to inspire was born 95 years ago
The distinctive actor and performer, currently on television in The Tourist, resists convention in both her work and personal life
The actor had the forethought to record Krapp’s early tapes 12 years ago. What a pleasure to see, and hear, the result in the intimacy of Project Arts Centre
Stephen Rea is about to join an illustrious line-up that includes John Hurt, Michael Gambon and Patrick Magee
Stephen Rea brings Krapp back home, Hamilton comes to Dublin and Irish National Opera stages Salome
Himself and yer man, from Cork to Dublin
Thinking Anew: Christian waiting and looking forward is never just a passive thing
Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty Lovett hope to nurture creativity in the same way their acclaimed interpretations of the playwright’s work were supported
The Nobel laureate is a master of the short novel – but none of them rivals Septology, an 800-page, single-sentence masterpiece
Film review: Gabriel Byrne and Fionn O’Shea play the writer to great effect but the pedestrian writing bogs proceedings
In the film Dance First, the young Irish actor joins Gabriel Byrne as the older Beckett and Aidan Gillen as James Joyce
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