Dramatic society celebrates 75th year with O’Casey play

AWARD-winning actor Anna Manahan’s old theatrical group, the Waterford Dramatic Society, is celebrating its 75th anniversary with its production of Sean O’Casey’s classic canon The Plough and the Stars in the city.

The WDS — which once counted Tony Award-winning actor, the late Ms Manahan, among its active members — last night took to the boards at Garter Lane in the city for its production of the epic play set about the 1916 Rising.

The society is the longest running amateur theatrical group of its kind in the country.