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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.
Juno and the Paycock is a play by Seán O'Casey.Highly regarded and often performed in Ireland, it was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924. It is set in the working-class tenements of Dublin in the early 1920s, during the Irish Civil War period.
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).
The Plough and the Stars is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre. [1] It is set in Dublin and addresses the 1916 Easter Rising. The play's title references the Starry Plough flag which was used by the Irish Citizen Army.
Juno and the Paycock is an all-talking sound 1930 British tragicomedy film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill, Edward Chapman and Sara Allgood. [1] The film was based on the successful 1924 play of the same name by Seán O'Casey. [2] That play has been filmed a number of other times for ...
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 ...
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The End of the Beginning is a 1937 one-act play by Seán O'Casey. It is a comedy set in rural Ireland. A couple argue about whether men's or women's work is more difficult, and swap places. The cast of only three (the couple plus the husband's friend) makes it suitable for some purposes e.g. entries in drama festivals.