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...
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descent; the playwright Seán O'Casey was her great-grandfather. Her paternal grandfather was of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage. O'Casey has dyslexia and attended...
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Seán O'Casey Bridge (Irish: Droichead Sheáin Uí Chathasaigh) is a pedestrian swingbridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, joining City Quay...
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American theatre impresario Lee Ephraim, Seán began to court her doggedly. Eileen appeared in her second role in an O'Casey play in June 1927, playing Minnie...
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Young Cassidy (category Films based on works by Seán O'Casey)
of the playwright Seán O'Casey. Set in 1911 and the growing protest against British rule in Ireland, young John Cassidy (Seán O'Casey) is a labourer by...
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O'Casey was born in London to actress Eileen, née Reynolds, and playwright Seán O'Casey. He was educated at Dartington Hall School in Devon and, following his...
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The Plough and the Stars (category Plays by Seán O'Casey)
The Plough and the Stars is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre. It is set...
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O'Casey include: Seán O'Casey (1880–1964), Irish playwright Eileen O'Casey (1900–1995), Irish actress, author, and wife of Sean O'Casey Breon O'Casey...
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community cultural centre, The Sean O'Casey Centre, which is named after one of its most famous past residents, Seán O'Casey. New businesses have located...
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and Jack White on 23 November 1913. Other prominent members included Seán O'Casey, Constance Markievicz, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, P. T. Daly and Kit...
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Juno and the Paycock (category Plays by Seán O'Casey)
Juno and the Paycock is a play by Seán O'Casey. Highly regarded and often performed in Ireland, it was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924...
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in Dublin. At public performances of The Plough and the Stars, the Seán O'Casey play which takes its name from the flag, riots were known to break out...
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noted representation of this cultural group is Bessie Burgess in the Seán O'Casey play The Plough and the Stars). In the chorus, the composer is pejoratively...
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capital of Ireland. It was reputedly a favourite dish of the writers Seán O'Casey and Jonathan Swift, and it appears in several references to Dublin, including...
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the common people's experience and from their perspective. Others are Seán O'Casey, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Peadar O'Donnell, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Seosamh...
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productions there. He is especially remembered for his work in the plays of Seán O'Casey. After living in Skerries in his early years, at age 10 he moved to Dublin...
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Captain Jack Boyle Seán O'Casey Howard Davies Royal National Theatre, London Juno and the Paycock Captain Jack Boyle Seán O'Casey Howard Davies Abbey/Peacock...
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(France) Aelita by Alexey Tolstoy (Russia) Plays The Shadow of a Gunman by Seán O'Casey (Ireland) Poetry New Hampshire by Robert Frost The Duino Elegies by Rainer...
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John Ford (redirect from Sean Aloysius O'Feeney)
(MGM), a biographical drama based upon the life of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, but he fell ill early in the production and was replaced by Jack Cardiff...
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Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy (1965), a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and (uncredited) John Ford. Her role as...
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Other authors that have used Kathleen Ni Houlihan in some way include Seán O'Casey (especially in The Shadow of the Gunman) and James Joyce who introduces...
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60 plays by playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw, Eugene O'Neill, Seán O'Casey, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Ben Jonson, Oliver...
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Korelitz The Seán O'Casey Season The Shadow of a Gunman by Seán O'Casey Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey The Plough and the Stars by Seán O'Casey YES! Reflections...
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registrations. Some Irish bearers of the name, such as playwright Sean O'Casey and writer Seán Ó Faoláin, were originally named John but changed their names...
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in the work of Seán O'Casey, creating the role of Joxer in the Broadway musical Juno in 1959, based on Juno and the Paycock, O'Casey's 1924 play about...
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The Shadow of a Gunman (category Plays by Seán O'Casey)
The Shadow of a Gunman is a 1923 tragicomedy play by Seán O'Casey set during the Irish War of Independence. It centres on the mistaken identity of a building...
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An Stad (section Seán O'Casey)
Seán O'Casey, author of such plays as Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars was a regular at An Stad during the early 20th century Seán T...
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The Plough and the Stars (film) (category Films based on works by Seán O'Casey)
Preston Foster. It is based on the play of the same name written by Seán O'Casey. Nora Clitheroe runs a rooming house in Dublin while trying to avoid...
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the record The Green Crow Caws, a musical celebration of the words of Seán O'Casey. John Kavanagh is the father of actress Rachel Kavanagh and musician...
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Peter and Padraig O'Malley, named after the play of the same name by Seán O'Casey. The Boston Globe and Boston Phoenix have noted its disproportionate...
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