War Changes a Man, and a Play
Charles IsherwoodJuly 27, 2011: The journey from invincible optimism to embittered defeat is a short one for Harry Heegan, the young soldier at the center of Sean O’Casey’s 1928 play “The Silver Tassie.” The echoes of Harry’s joyous cries at a soccer victory in the play’s opening scene still seem to be resounding in the air when he raises his voice at its mournful end, strumming a banjo and hymning the death of his young spirit as his friends and family look on in awkward sympathy.
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