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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.
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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.
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- Seán Ó Cathasaigh
Mar 29, 2024 · Sean O’Casey (born March 30, 1880, Dublin, Ire.—died Sept. 18, 1964, Torquay, Devon, Eng.) was an Irish playwright renowned for realistic dramas of the Dublin slums in war and revolution, in which tragedy and comedy are juxtaposed in a way new to the theatre of his time.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 18, 2022 · On this day, September 18, in 1984, beloved Irish playwright famous for plays such as "Juno and the Paycock", "Plough and the Stars", and "Shadow of a Gunman", passed away. Today we remember...
- Larry Kirwan
On September 30, 1964, Irish playwright Sean O'Casey died at the age of 84. Today we celebrate his life and works and the controversy The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey Theater caused.
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.
- March 3, 1924
- Abbey Theatre
- Tenement room, Dublin, 1922
- Seán O'Casey
Jul 28, 2015 · Sean O’Casey (b. 1880–d. 1964) is one of Ireland’s best-known playwrights, and any visitor to Dublin is likely to encounter O’Casey’s name attached to an assortment of tourist souvenirs, civic buildings, and cultural events.
Dec 3, 2018 · Sean O’Casey is an Irish dramatist renowned for his innovative playwriting style, which balances deeply comic and tragic elements in an atmosphere of stark realism, with emphasis on characterization of working and lower class Dubliners.
