Connie review: Production at Theatre Royal revives memories of Limerick's forgotten Hollywood star

Constance Smith escaped poverty in Limerick act in films in Britain and the US 
Connie review: Production at Theatre Royal revives memories of Limerick's forgotten Hollywood star

A scene from Connie, at the Theatre Royal, Limerick.

Connie, Theatre Royal, Limerick, ★★★★☆

 Limerick’s long-derelict Theatre Royal is being reintroduced to audiences for this site-specific piece, dedicated to another largely forgotten part of Limerick’s history, Constance Smith, a 1950s Hollywood actress erroneously dubbed the “Dublin Dietrich" and, in the words of writers Joanne Ryan and Ann Blake, “the spit of Heddy Lamarr”.

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