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Seán O'Casey (Irish: Seán Ó Cathasaigh [ˈʃaːn̪ˠ oː ˈkahəsˠiː]; born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes.
Pages in category "Films based on works by Seán O'Casey" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.
Adaptations of works by Seán O'Casey (1 C, 2 P) P. Plays by Seán O'Casey (7 P) Pages in category "Seán O'Casey" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Silver Tassie is a four-act Expressionist play about the First World War, written between 1927 and 1928 by the Irish playwright Seán O'Casey. [1] It was O'Casey's fourth play and attacks imperialist wars and the suffering that they cause. O'Casey described the play as "A generous handful of stones, aimed indiscriminately, with the aim of ...
Pages in category "Adaptations of works by Seán O'Casey" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.
Instead he often asked cinematographer Jack Cox to hold the camera for long single shots. He was eager to have a scene set outside the flat inserted into the film, and after permission from O'Casey, added a pub scene. O'Casey made quite an impression on Hitchcock, and was the inspiration for the prophet of doom in the diner in The Birds.
Red Roses for Me is a four-act play written by Irish playwright Seán O'Casey which premiered at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin in 1943. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The story is set against the backdrop of the Dublin Lockout of 1913, events in which O'Casey himself had participated.
The Shadow of a Gunman is a 1923 tragicomedy play by Seán O'Casey set during the Irish War of Independence. It centres on the mistaken identity of a building tenant who is thought to be an IRA assassin. It is the first in O'Casey's "Dublin Trilogy" - the other two being Juno and the Paycock (1924) and The Plough and the Stars (1926).