Juno and the Paycock – Location, Tickets, Reviews
Written in 1924 by the great Irish playwright Sean O’Casey, Juno and the Paycock at the Irish Repertory Theatre is the tragic tale of a poor family living in difficult times.
Set during the bloody Civil War that ravaged Ireland in the 1920s, the play tracks the downward spiral of the Boyle family: hard-working matriarch Juno; her drunk, no-good husband, Jack (i.e. The Paycock, or peacock); their wounded and haunted son, Johnny, who lost his arm fighting for the Irish Republican Army; and their daughter Mary, who gets involved with a British solicitor and brings shame on the family.
It is a profoundly Irish play, grounded in historical context and performed with strong Irish accents. Heavy with dialogue and generally very dark (although there are instances of comic relief), Juno and the Paycock is heart-felt and quite hefty, spanning more than two drama-filled hours.
LOCATION
The Irish Repertory Theatre
132 West 22nd Street
New York City
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RUNNING TIME
2 hours, 1 intermission
TICKETS
$55.0o-$65.00 (click here for tickets)
DATES
Extended through January 26, 2014
REVIEWS
New York Times
In a blaze of hope, flickering menace
Time Out New York
The company (aside from reliably zany John Keating) does two-dimensional work that resolutely smells of the page
TheaterMania
This tale about the effect of the Irish Civil War on Dublin’s working class is professionally produced and enlightening but lacks emotional depth that could be provided by more context.
Theatre is Easy
Seminal Irish play done justice by New York’s seminal Irish theatre.
The Village Voice
When done wrong, Juno and the Paycock is oppressively dark
CAST & CREW
Written by Sean O’Casey
Directed by Charlotte Moore
Featuring Ciarán Byrne, J. Smith-Cameron, Terry Donnelly, John Keating, Laurence Lowry, Mary Mallen, Ed Malone, Kern McFadden, David O’Hara, Ciarán O’Reilley, James Russell, Fiana Taibin