Sive overcame adversity to enjoy glorious victory

Margaret Dillon recalls the thrill of playing the title role in John B’s first play, Sive, while she was still a schoolgirl

Margaret Dillon, for whom playing the role of Sive remains a defining moment in her life. Picture: Nick Bradshaw

MARGARET Dillon, who now lives in Dublin, played the central character of Sive in the very first production of John B Keane’s first play. The passage of decades has not dulled her memories of the effect it had on her and on the lives of everyone who was part of it.