A Vision for Irish Theatre: Deirdre O'Connell (with Sabina Higgins)

Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon

Jul 6, 202643:13Society & Culture

At the recent Luke Kelly Festival, I was delighted to speak with Sabina Higgins (née Coyne) all about the Focus Theatre and Deirdre O'Connell. Bringing the Stanislavski acting system to Ireland in the 1960s, Deirdre tran...

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