(Michael Billington’s article appeared 9/27 in the Guardian.)
Richard Bean is a brave man. In England People Very Nice, he raised merry hell by tackling immigration. Now, in this combative, compelling and far superior new piece, he offers a potted history of the Irish republican movement. But the wit and originality of the play lie in the fact that it examines the cause's factionalism from an American perspective.
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