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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.
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 ...
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.
Drama about a TV current affairs team who are working on two major news stories, and find themselves coming up against censorship and self-censorship in the media. [31] 1982 Television film Cal: Pat O'Connor: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, Ray McAnally, John Kavanagh, Tom Hickey, J. J. Murphy
Set in 1911 and the growing protest against British rule in Ireland, young John Cassidy (Seán O'Casey) [3] is a labourer by day and a pamphleteer by night. When the pamphlets he has written incite riots, Cassidy realizes he can do more for his people with the pen than with the sword.
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.
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).