FOR Barbara Brennan it’s a case of déjà vu all over again. The Dublin thespian, one of the nation’s finest actresses, is currently playing Lady Catherine de Bourgh in tThe Gate’s lavish adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Possibly, his handprints should have been cast in gold rather than the bronze in which the Gaiety Theatre last evening honoured Niall Tóibín.