Theatre review: A bright take on Children Of The Sun, at the Abbey 

Maxim Gorky's 1905 play feels as relevant as ever in this take by Rough Magic 

Fiona Bell and Eavan Gaffney in Children Of The Sun. Picture: Ros Kavanagh  

Children of the Sun, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, ★★★★☆

 If Anton Chekhov depicted a world coming to an end amid increasing social and economic turmoil between the 1890s and early 1900s, Maxim Gorky takes things one step further here, in a 1905 play written when the forces of history were beginning to cohere, when what lay in store for Russia was becoming ever clearer.