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Sons of Ulster

Advantages: A deep and moving play
Disadvantages: Long and slihtly cerebreal

This is a play I did a number of years ago whilst still at school. The play takes revolves around the lives of 8 characters, Irish protestant in origin and examines their lives in the context of the Irish entry into the second world war. The play is divid ...

roseolihome 22.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme - Frank McGuinness

A modern classic

Advantages: One of the most powerful plays of our time
Disadvantages: Relevance of subject may be lost with non- Northern Irish readers/viewers

Coming from Northern Ireland, I found this play perhaps more relevant than one who doesn't understand the history aand the divide may. However, the themes that it deals with are universally relevant, such as war and its effects, sectarianism and ethnic d ...

cormacbrown 19.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme - Frank McGuinness