Guests Of The Nation review: Timely revival of Frank O'Connor's classic story

Guests Of The Nation at Cork Midsummer Festival has Corcadorca and Kevin Barry breathing new life into the War of Independence tale 

A scene from Guests of the Nation, by Corcadorca at Cork Midsummer Festival. Picture: Enrique Carnicero

★★★★☆

The short story Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor is rightly considered a masterpiece. First published in 1931, it is set during the War of Independence, and centres on two English soldiers, held hostage by the IRA, and the bond they form with their captors.