"Dealing with a highly dramatic period in the life of Robert Emmet, the famous 18th Century failed revolutionary, Giltinan asks many questions of history. How aspiring for martyrdom was he? Was he a fair man? Was his judgement clouded by his infatuation with the daughter of John Philpot Curran? Were his efforts to seize Dublin Castle futile, given his small number of followers?"
Picture: T. P. McKenna in A LIGHT IN THE SKY by Donal Giltinan,
directed by Frank Dermody, Abbey Theatre at the Queen's Theatre, 1962. Photo: James G. Maguire
directed by Frank Dermody, Abbey Theatre at the Queen's Theatre, 1962. Photo: James G. Maguire
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