Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 24, 2003
Closed Apr 13, 2003
Opened Feb 24, 2003
Closed Apr 13, 2003
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Lincoln Center Theater presents the New York premiere of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, a new play by Frank McGuinness, directed by Nicholas Martin. The play is set in World War I and tells the story of a platoon of proud Irish Protestant volunteers as they prepare to go off to fight in the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. Tony Award-winner Richard Easton stars.
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Silence in the theater can indicate many things. Often, for instance, what's transpiring on stage has so affected the audience that even its breathing slows, lest concentration be disturbed. That's the kind of astounding hush heard towards the end of Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, as eight soldiers whose shifting interactions have eventually drawn them together prepare to enter a Great War battle from which none, or few, expect to return. This non-Simon and Garfunkel sound of silence provides a case-resting argument for the unique quality of live theater; it's experienced nowhere else.
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