Sean O'Casey
The great dramatist of the Irish working class, O'Casey wrote plays about the Dublin tenements during the Easter Rising and the Civil War that combined tragedy, comedy, and social protest. His masterpiece The Plough and the Stars caused riots at the Abbey Theatre. He later moved to England after disputes with Yeats.
Works
- I Knock at the DoorAutobiographical account of Dublin playwright's childhood in poverty and religious conflict
- Pictures in the HallwayMemoir of growing up in Dublin during Irish independence struggle and labor conflict
- Drums Under the WindowsAutobiography of activist youth during Dublin's 1916 Easter Rising period
- Inishfallen Fare Thee WellMemoir of O'Casey's life in Ireland and exile in England after controversial play
- Rose and CrownAutobiography of life in England and theatrical career away from Ireland
- The Shadow of a GunmanPlay about Irish War of Independence featuring gunman and sheltering family in Dublin
- Juno and the PaycockTragicomic play set during Irish Civil War depicting poverty and social upheaval in Dublin
- The Plough and the StarsPolitical play set during 1916 Easter Rising showing ordinary Dubliners amid revolutionary chaos
- Red Roses for MePlay celebrating Irish working people and their resilience through love and community
- The Silver TassieExpressionist play of soldier's shell-shock and disillusionment after World War One