The official orders issued to the Abbey Theatre were that there should be no O’Casey plays staged during Easter Week because it ‘would not be in keeping with the spirit of the occasion’.10 The Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, personally extended this instruction to RTÉ. In July 1965, he told the minister in charge of broadcasting to check on what programmes were being prepared: ‘to ensure that these programmes will be suitable. (This means in particular no O’Casey).’
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