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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.
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.
Poet, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer Sean O’Casey stands as one of the major figures of the Irish Literary Renaissance . Though he began his career as a playwright late in life,...
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.
Sean O’Casey, orig. John Casey, (born March 30, 1880, Dublin, Ire.—died Sept. 18, 1964, Torquay, Devon, Eng.), Irish playwright. Born to a poor Protestant family, he educated himself and worked from age 14 at manual labour.
Seán O'Casey (March 30, 1880 – September 18, 1964) was a major Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed nationalist and socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes.
Sep 18, 2022 · Sean O’Casey not only changed the world of theatre, but he also took the time to put the passion and pain of his eventful life into print for the rest of us to marvel at.
May 14, 2018 · The Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) is considered the greatest of the Irish playwrights who began writing after World War I. Sean O'Casey was born John Casey on March 31, 1880, the youngest of a large family living in a Dublin slum.
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.
Sean O’Casey is changing: changing from a local dramatist working in Dublin materials in the technique of the Abbey Theatre, to a dramatist who thinks he is taking all the world for his materials and moulding them in the manner approved by Mr. Huntly...
