The Homecoming of Joseph Grace review
Marina Market, CorkMichael Glenn Murphy is the accidental soldier and reluctant revolutionary reckoning with his past in Deirdre Kinahan’s touching drama of regret and return
TL;DR
- Joseph Grace returns to Ireland after a 50-year absence.
- His past is marked by experiences in World War I, the Irish Brigade, and the rise of Hitler.
- The drama explores themes of complex loyalties, sexual freedom in Weimar Berlin, and belonging.
- Joseph is portrayed as a survivor and a reluctant revolutionary who finds happiness in 1950s London.
- He is now unmoored, grieving for his lost lover and experiencing the predicament of a permanent exile.