Seán O"Casey

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Sean Hardcover – by Eileen O'Casey (Author) out of 5 stars 2 ratings. See all 5 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Price New from Used from Hardcover "Please retry" $ $ $ Paperback "Please retry" 5/5(2). Looking for books by Seán O'Casey. See all books authored by Seán O'Casey, including Three Plays: Juno and the Paycock, the Shadow of a Gunman, the Plow and the Stars, and The Plough and the Stars, and more on About the Author Sean O'Casey was born on Ma in Dublin, Ireland.

Other than the Dublin Trilogy, his many works include The Star Turned Red, The Silver Tassie, and Purple Dust. He died on Septem /5(3). Authoritive and pleasurably exhausting book of Sean's long life.

The author examines the historical influences of a turbulant Ireland upon O'Casey and the research into the Cited by: 2. Sean O'Casey was born in and lived through a bitterly hard boyhood in a Dublin tenement house.

He never went to school but received most of his education in the streets of Dublin, and taught himself to read at the age of fourteen. He was successively a newspaper-seller, docker, stone-breaker, railway-worker and builders' labourer/5.

Sean O'Casey. What an amazingly appealing writter and man. You can't go wrogn with the combination of a tough upbringing in a most turbulent and rich period in history, and the kind consideration of this beautiful and fair mind.

Argueably not the most enjoyable of reads, but certainly worthwhile I feel/5. About the Author Sean O'Casey was born on Ma in Dublin, Ireland. Other than the Dublin Trilogy, his many works include The Star Turned Red, The Silver Tassie, and Purple Dust.

He died on Septem Cited by: 3. Five one-act plays: The end of the beginning, A pound on demand, Hall of healing, Bedtime story, Time to go (St. Martin's library) by Sean O'Casey and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at Sean O'Casey book.

Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In his early forties, while continuing to support himself as a laborer, /5. dramatist Oscar Wilde, the playwright Sean O’Casey, the political theorist Edmund Burke, and the novelist James Joyce, author of the renowned short-story collection Dubliners () and of the groundbreaking novel Ulysses (), which presents a day in the life of Dublin in through three characters whose stories parallel events.

Sean O'Casey Sean O'Casey is the author of books such as Three Plays. Books by Sean O'Casey. Three Plays. The Green Crow. The Plough and The Stars. Three Dublin Plays. Rose and Crown. Juno and The Paycock. Inishfallen Fare Thee Well. Sunset and Evening Star.

Sean. "Sean O'Casey Plays 2," introduced by Arthur Miller, documents O'Casey's transition from realism to his use of expressionism and symbolism. "The Shadow of the Gunman" and "The Plough with Stars," two installments in the Dublin Trilogy, give a realistic look at life in the slums of Dublin/5.

Sean O'Casey is recognized as one of the most important Irish playwrights of the 20th century. When he was in his early 20s, he committed himself to the nationalist struggle to free Ireland from English domination.

During the Dublin General Strike and Lock-Out ofhe came to appreciate the importance of social class, and he rejected Irish nationalism in favor of international socialism. Autobiographies I: I Knock at the Door and Pictures in the Hallway (Sean O'Casey autobiography Book 1) Sep by Sean O'Casey Kindle Edition.

£ Hardcover. £ Paperback. £ Three Plays: Juno and the Paycock, the Shadow of a Gunman, the Plow and the Stars by O'Casey, Sean and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at Founded inhas become a leading book price comparison site: Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from overbooksellers and 60+ websites worldwide.

One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Sean O'Casey.

It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. When Eileen O'Casey read "Juno and the Paycock" inshe was so overwhelmed by its tragi-comedy that she returned to England to meet its author.

That meeting was the beginning of a year love affair that endured celbrity and sorrow, through happy and hard-up days until O'Casey's death in Eileen's portrait complements the bitter passion Price Range: $ - $. Sean O'Casey: Plays 2: The Shadow of a Gunman, The Plough and the Stars, The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Hall of Healing (Contemporary Classics) by O'Casey, Sean and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dr.

J.D. Cummins, (Joe) from his old ___ Sean O'Casey With undiminished affection London Jan. " Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. A committed socialist, dramatist Sean O'Casey was the first Irish playwright to write about the Dublin working classes.In commemoration of O'Casey's fast approaching 80th birthday, David Krause has written a warm and intelligent appraisal of O'Casey's life and work.

Here is a rounded portrait of the slum-born child, one of five surviving in a family of thirteen, but afflicted with a serious early eye infection. Until his fortieth year O'Casey took an active part in Ireland's struggles.