| The Plough and the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Seán O'Casey |
| Characters | Fluther Good Peter Flynn, Mrs Gogan, Bessie Burgess Nora Clitheroe The Young Covey Jack Clitheroe Mollser Cpl. Stoddart Sgt. Tinley, Captain Brennan, Lt Langon, Voice of the man, Rosie Redmond |
| Date premiered | 8 February 1926 |
| Place premiered | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Irish Free State |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Easter Rising |
| Setting | Dublin: A tenement house and a pub |
The Plough and the Stars is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre.[1] It is set in Dublin and addresses the 1916 Easter Rising. The play's title references the Starry Plough flag which was used by the Irish Citizen Army.
It is the third play of O'Casey's well-known "Dublin Trilogy" – the other two being The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) and Juno and the Paycock (1924).
- ^ A Whirlwind in Dublin : the Plough and the stars riots. Lowery, Robert G., 1941-. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 1984. ISBN 0313237646. OCLC 10099178.
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