The Plough and the Stars

Name: The Plough and the Stars
Author: Sean O'Casey

by Sean O'Casey

Political play set during 1916 Easter Rising showing ordinary Dubliners amid revolutionary chaos

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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.

More by Sean O'Casey

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