The Dead " review
Abbey, DublinNow that James Joyce's work is out of copyright, a number of attempts have been made to dramatise his celebrated short story, The Dead. While beautifully transposed to the screen by John Huston in 1987, it poses a problem for the theatre, one that persists in Frank McGuinness's new adaptation: little happens and its subtleties resist dramatisation.In this lavish production, Joe Dowling and designer Ricca…