NEW YORK—We can justify anything we’ve ever done if we’re convinced our actions have been morally correct. David Ireland’s hilarious, brilliant, and stomach-turning “Cyprus Avenue,” a co-production of Ireland’s Abbey Theatre and London’s Royal Court Theatre, offers a no-holds-barred look at bigotry, long-simmering hatred, and the damage that can result from refusing to let go of the past.
Eric (Stephen Rea), a man in his 60s, lives with his wife, Bernie (Andrea Irvine), in the Cyprus Avenue section of East Belfast, Ireland, a place Eric has lived all his life. However, he has always considered himself British.
