Bound in publisher's original cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.

The Letters of Sean O'Casey, 1910-1941

Literature & Fiction

O'CASEY, SEAN.

Dramas & Plays

Catholic University of America Press

The plays that helped make modern Ireland Riots greeted the first performance of The Playboy of the Western World at Dublin's Abbey Theatre on 26 January 1907. Eggs, potatoes and even a slice of fruit cake were hurled at the actors during subsequent performances, and it seems unlikely that much of the actual play could have been heard in the uproar. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, with the two other plays in this volume, Yeats's The Countess Cathleen (1892) and O'Casey's Cock-a-doodle Dandy (1949), mark vital stages in the rich explosion of Irish drama that first made itself heard at the turn of the century and gathered momentum during the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Civil War. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER

Synge, J.M.

Penguin Classics

Three dramatic works illuminate the literary achievements of the controversial early twentieth-century playwright

Three Plays

St Martin's Library

Pictures in the hallway (His Autobiography v. 2)

Pan Books

Each volume in the evocative and richly entertaining autobiography of Sean O'Casey is essential reading for a proper appreciation of this major Irish dramatist whose plays were among the most exciting developments in modern drama. Born in the back streets of Dublin, suffering from weak and diseased eyes, he lived in poverty and physical hardship for many years. In his late teens he became a manual labourer, and after work- ing on the roads or in the docks from five in the morning to six at night he would spend his evenings helping the cause of the Gaelic League and Sinn Fein. He became Secretary of the Irish Citizen Army and a founder member of the Irish Labour Party. Although his first published work was in 1907, not until the success of Juno and the Pay cock in 1925 did he give up manual work and become a full-time writer. Here are a nationalist's views of his country and countrymen from 1906 to that 'rare time of death in Ireland' - Easter, 1916. From his stay in hospital came people and incidents for The Silver Tassie, and out of his personal experiences of Dublin ' during the Rising arose The Plough and the Stars.

Autobiography: Drums Under the Window v. 3 (Autobiography / Sean O'Casey)

Macmillan

Sixth and final volume of Sean O'Casey's autobiography series entitled 'Sunset and Evening Star'. First published in 1954 by Macmillan and Company Ltd. This edition published in 1973 by Pan Books Ltd. ISBN 0 330 23499.

Autobiography Book 6 - Sunset and Evening Star 1934-1953

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Autobiographies 1

Pan Classics

Sean O'Casey Autobiographies II

Pan Books, Ltd.

Autobiographies

Biographies & Memoirs

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