Bailout! playwright puts fresh stamp on 1916 Play about Rising to be staged in the GPO

Playwright Murphy's production be staged at the main public hall in the GPO during Easter week

Colin Murphy is writing a play about the 1916 Rising PicMaura Hickey

The team behind Guaranteed! and Bailed Out! – two plays that chronicled Ireland’s economic collapse – are in advanced talks to stage a play about the Easter Rising in the GPO during Easter Week 2016.

Playwright Colin Murphy is working with An Post on the project, which would involve the play being staged at the main public hall in the GPO during Easter week.

Murphy is again teaming up with the Fishamble Theatre ...