Plays one / Sean O'Casey ; introduced by Seamus Heaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.

Contributor:

Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Contemporary classics (London, England)

Contemporary classics

Standardized Title:

Plays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Drama.

Ireland.

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 420 pages: illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, 1998.

Summary:

In his early forties, while continuing to support himself as a laborer, we wrote, in quick succession three realistic plays about the slums of Dublin, known as the Dublin Trilogy." Juno and the Paycock, the second installment of the trilogy, was performed in the Abbey Theatre in 1924--the Abbey theatre produced the first installment of the trilogy, "The Shadow of a Gunman (not included in this volume) in 1923." Juno and the Paycock deals with the unpleasantness of war and the misery of the victims during the the Irish struggle for indepenence. It was awarded the Hawthornden Prize. As his career progressed, O'Casey experiemented with expressionism and symbolism, which resulted in "Within the Gates; "Red Roses for Me, a semiautobiographical work; and "Cock-a-Doodle Dandy. Due to an increase of nationalism during the Civil War and Irish Independence movement, his plays were received well, although, at times, with protest and restriction.

Contents:

Juno and the paycock

Within the gates

Red roses for me

Cock-a-doodle dandy.

Notes:

Includes melodies and words for songs from the plays.

ISBN:

0571191819

OCLC:

39926874