By the way, the name “Sive” is the Irish-Gaelic form of the name Shiela, the playwright’s sister. Now you know.

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Druid's new production of Sive reveals fresh insights into the play's themes of materialism and the harsh consequences faced by women.

Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre Company has programmed and produced a gem of a play in their most recent outing, SIVE, by John B. Keane. Such a perfect blend of expert acting and captivating ...

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And the excellent cast in Irish Classical Theatre Company's production of the show relishes those moments, savoring Keane's detail-rich language as they spit it across the stage at one another.

I met playwright John B Keane once. And he was as impressive as his reputation for insightful critiques of the Irish condition. One of his earliest masterworks was Sive, a play about a young woman ...

In John B Keane's first and most famous play, Sive, which he wrote when he was a 30-year-old publican recently returned to his native Listowel, in Co Kerry, from a period as an emigrant in England ...

In rural Ireland not so long ago, marriages were arranged by matchmakers, and love was a luxury that many could not afford. “Sive” — a classic Irish drama written by John B. Keane in 1959 ...