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Richard Harris: Outstanding in The Field

By Stephen Talty
February 1991

July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment

At 60 and after a career of 40-odd films, Rlchard Harris had spent most of the last decade out of sight and out of mind in the Bahamas. What has brought him back from a life of beachcombing is the lead role in The Field, the latest movie from the Jim Sheridan/Noel Pearson duo of Oscar-winning My Left Foot fame. He also had an acclaimed stint as Henry lV in London's West End and … [Read more...] about Richard Harris: Outstanding in The Field

John B. Keane Remembered

By Victor Walsh, Contributor
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by 1 Comment

On May 30, 2002, John B. Keane, author, raconteur, and much-loved Kerryman, passed away. Keane, at 73, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994. The author of 18 plays and 32 works of prose and poetry, including Big Maggie, which played on Broadway in 1982, and The Field, which was made into an award-winning movie starring Richard Harris Keane captured the soul of rural … [Read more...] about John B. Keane Remembered

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