McMahon goes old school with a naturalistic family drama
If the influence of institutional religion permeates the plot, Come On Home is nonetheless firmly set in post-Catholic Ireland
Come On Home
Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock Stage, Dublin
Runs until August 4
Rating:****
‘Nothin’ like a funeral to bring the strays back,” says Father Seamus (Des Nealon) in Phillip McMahon’s new play Come On Home. The stray in question is Michael (Billy Carter), the middle son of the Donnelly clan, who fled small-town Ireland for London when he was rejected by his family, and the priesthood, because of his homosexuality.
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