The Shadow of a Gunman

Name: The Shadow of a Gunman
Author: Sean O'Casey

by Sean O'Casey

Play about Irish War of Independence featuring gunman and sheltering family in Dublin

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About the author

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
Juno and the PaycockTragicomic play set during Irish Civil War depicting poverty and social upheaval in Dublin