The Colleen Bawn by Dion Boucicault
The Colleen Bawn By Dion Boucicault Directed by Lisa May At the Lyric Theatre, Belfast On the 11 th April 2018 Hardress Cregan/Father Tom/Ensemble Cavan Clarke Danny Mann/Bertie O’Moore/Ensemble Patrick McBrearty Kyrle Daly/Myles Na Coppaleen/Ensemble Bryan Quinn Mrs Creggan/Sheelah/Ensemble Jo Donnelly Anne Chute/Ensemble Colette Lennon Dougal Mr Corrigan/Ensemble Enda Kilroy Eily O’Connor/Ensemble Maeve Smyth The Colleen Bawn (full title The Colleen Bawn or the Brides of Garryowen , first performed in 1860) is the sort of play that rankled with politically committed artists like W.B.Yeats who saw in it stereotypes of Ireland and Irishness that they were committed to avoid in their own work. In a review of the play i