Author: John O'Riordan
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349070939
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: Sean O'Casey
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780571195527
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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This volume contains the three plays commonly recognized as the height of O'Casey's achievement as a playwright. His tragi-comedy has relevance to the violent politics in the North and the post-nationalist bewilderments in the Republic.

Author: Sean O'Casey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410356388
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 31

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A Study Guide for Sean O'Casey's "Red Roses for Me," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Author: Sean O'Casey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Author: Shaun Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521008730
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Author: James Moran
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408165953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland's most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O'Casey, is the first major study of the playwright's work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last decade. Published ahead of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland with which O'Casey's most famous plays are associated, it provides a clear and detailed study of the work in context and performance. James Moran shows that O'Casey not only remains the most performed playwright at Ireland's national theatre, but that the playwright was also one of the most controversial and divisive literary figures, whose work caused riots and who alienated many of his supporters. Since the start of the 'Troubles' in the North of Ireland, his work has been associated with Irish historical revisionism, and has become the subject of debate about Irish nationalism and revolutionary history. Moran's admirably clear study considers the writer's plays, autobiographical writings and essays, paying special attention to the Dublin trilogy, The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars. It considers the work produced in exile, during the war and the late plays. The Companion also features a number of interviews and essays by other leading scholars and practitioners, including Garry Hynes, Victor Merriman and Paul Murphy, which provide further critical perspectives on the work.

Author: Jean Chothia
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315504197
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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The period 1890-1940 was a particularly rich and influential phase in the development of modern English theatre: the age of Wilde and Shaw and a generation of influential actors and managers from Irving and Terry to Guilgud and Olivier. Jean Chothia's study is in two parts beginning with a portrait of the period, setting the narrative context and considering the dramatic social and cultural changes at work during this time. It then focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama, providing an interpretative framework for the period. This volume will be of great benefit to students and academics of English literature and drama, as it covers the work of the major dramatists of the period as well as considering the dramatic output of literary figures, such as James, Eliot and Lawrence.

Author: Steven H. Gale
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780824059903
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 690

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Christopher Murray
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773586156
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 639

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Se?O'Casey was the quintessential Dublin playwright. In critical works that include his Dublin Trilogy - The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars - he portrayed the traumatic birth of a nation and delved into the Irish national character. Christopher Murray's Se?O'Casey: Writer at Work takes a fresh look at the last of the great writers of the Irish literary revival.