A riveting new production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, starring Ireland's Jessie Buckley and The Crown's Josh O'Connor as the pair of doomed young lovers, was filmed in the midst of a pandemic. You can catch it now on the PBS app.
On March 30, 1880, Irish playwright Sean O'Casey was born. Today we celebrate his life and works and the controversy The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey Theater caused.
Although many will not recognize the name of Dublin novelist Joseph Sheridan Lefanu, this literary talent is the man behind most spooky vampire tales we know and love today. From Dracula to Twilight, the Dubliner paved the way.
