- first Irish playwright to write about Dublin working classes
- plays are particularly noted for sympathetic treatment of female characters
The Plough and the Stars
The play deals with the impact of the Irish Civil War on the working class poor of the city.
Characters:
- Fluther
- Bessie Burgess
- Nora Clitheroe
- The Young Covey
- Jack Clitheroe
- Mollser
- Cpl. Stoddart
- Sgt. Tinley
- Patrick Pearse
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