were ongoing, Yeats famously declared to rioters against the play, making a reference to the 1907 "Playboy Riots" (opposing The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge): "I thought you had tired of this, which commenced fifteen years ago. But you have disgraced yourselves again. Is this going to be a recurring celebration of Irish genius? Synge first and then O'Casey." In performance In 1965 the play was staged by the Edinburgh Gateway Company, directed by Victor Carin. In 1984 Greg Hersov directed a production at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Liam Neeson, Dierdra Morris, Bernard Hill and Val McLane. In 2016 the National Theatre co-produced (with Bristol Old Vic) a well-received production, co-directed by Howard Davies and Jeremy Herrin. Adaptations Elie Siegmeister used the play as the subject of his opera of the same name, composed in the 1960s. The opera was given its New York premiere at Symphony Space in October 1979 by the New York Lyric Opera. In 1936, the play was adapted into a film by American director John Ford, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster. In 2011, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a production directed by Nadia Molinari with Elaine Cassidy as Nora and Padraic Delaney as Jack. References External links Full text of The Plough and the Stars at HathiTrust Digital Library Sean O’Casey and the 1916 Easter Rising. from the International Communist Current (Bordigist) Academic play description Video program featuring a visit to the Guthrie Theater and their April-May 2000 production of THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS, with interviews of Artistic Director Joe Dowling and Actor Milo O'Shea, plus video clips of the play. (28:40) 1926 plays Fiction set in 1915 Fiction set in 1916 Art works that caused riots Theatre controversies Easter Rising Plays set in the 1910s Plays based on actual events Plays by Seán O'Casey Plays set in Dublin (city)