The Plough and the Stars

For other uses, see Starry Plough (disambiguation).

The Plough and the Stars
Written bySeán O'Casey
CharactersFluther 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 premiered8 February 1926 (1926-02-08)
Place premieredAbbey Theatre, Dublin, Irish Free State
Original languageEnglish
SubjectEaster Rising
SettingDublin: 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).

  1. ^ A Whirlwind in Dublin : the Plough and the stars riots. Lowery, Robert G., 1941-. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 1984. ISBN 0313237646. OCLC 10099178.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)