Observe the sons of Ulster

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As the Frank McGuinness classic play of the eighties opens in New York, Bruce Weber sees important parallels between these soldiers facing the horrors of the Somme and the contemporary threats facing ordinary Americans.

…the playwright could not have anticipated that it would be produced in New York at a time when American soldiers are contemplating giving their lives for their country in a war that has no clear definition for them. What will they be fighting for? Their country? Their religion? Their future? And then there’s the question of whether any one of those causes, or even all of them, is worth the personal hell they are about to face.

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