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Lay Me Down Softly " review by Michael Billington

Tricycle, LondonBilly Roche made his name with the unforgettable Wexford Trilogy. But while his new play deals with a rundown roadshow in a manner reminiscent of Brian Friel's Crystal and Fox, and has moments of poignant lyricism, it depends too much on off-stage action and rarely achieves the riveting immediacy of Roche's famous portrait of Wexford life.It's the early 1960s, and the setting …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10PM on July 13, 2011

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