This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland's most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O'Casey, is the first major study of the playwright's work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last...
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This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland's most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O'Casey, is the first major study of the playwright's work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last decade. Published ahead of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland with which O'Casey's most famous plays are associated, it provides a clear and detailed study of the work in context and performance. James Moran shows that O'Casey not only remains the most performed playwright at Ireland's national theatre, but that the playwright was also
Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prerumble; PART 1 O'CASEY'S LIFE, WORK AND LEGACY; CHAPTER 1 BIOGRAPHY, 1880-1964; Early Life; Nationalism; Dublin Playwright; London Playwright; Cream of Devonshire; CHAPTER 2 DUBLIN, 1880-1926; The Shadow of a Gunman (Staged 1923); Juno and the Paycock (Staged 1924); The Plough and the Stars (Staged 1926); Former Nationalist; Poetaster; Music Hall; Shakespeare; Boucicault; Dalton and Connolly; Patrick Pearse; Riots; CHAPTER 3 REJECTION, 1926-39 AND BEYOND; The Silver Tassie (Published 1928)
Within the Gates (Published 1933)Autobiographies (Published 1939-54); Rejection; War Stories; Expressionism; Autobiographies; Joyce; In Memoriam; CHAPTER 4 COMMUNISM, 1936-46; The Star Turns Red (Published and Staged 1940); Purple Dust (Published 1940); Red Roses for Me (Published 1942); Oak Leaves and Lavender (Published and Staged 1946); O'Casey at the Barricades; Location; Frank Ryan; Jack in the Books; Red Roses for Me; Shaw; Can't You Listen?; Yeats; CHAPTER 5 THE CHURCH, 1946-64; Cock-A-Doodle Dandy (Published and Staged 1949); The Bishop's Bonfire (Published and Staged 1955)
The Drums of Father Ned (Staged 1959)Behind the Green Curtains (Published 1961); Catholic Protests; Serious God-Baiter?; Real-Life Inspiration; Protests; Religion of the Credulous; Emigration; Girls are Fleein'; Unstaged; CHAPTER 6 CRITICAL RESPONSES, 1923-2013; Poverty Porn; Walking Away; My New-Found Land; Paul Shyre; O'Casey and the Academy; Robert Lowery; O'Casey's Death; Non-Anglophone O'Casey; Revisionism and the 'Troubles'; Biographical Portrayals; Towards 2016; PART 2 NEW PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 7 Directing O'Casey; Garry Hynes, in conversation with James Moran
CHAPTER 8 O'CASEY'S POSTCOLONIAL DRAMATURGYCHAPTER 9 O'CASEY AND CLASS; CONCLUSION; Notes; CHRONOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland''s most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O''Casey, is the first major study of the playwright''s work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last...
more
This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland''s most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O''Casey, is the first major study of the playwright''s work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last decade. Published ahead of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland with which O''Casey''s most famous plays are associated, it provides a clear and detailed study of the work in context and performance. James Moran shows that O''Casey not only remains the most performed playwright at Ireland''s national theatre, but that the playwright w
Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prerumble; PART 1 O'CASEY'S LIFE, WORK AND LEGACY; CHAPTER 1 BIOGRAPHY, 1880-1964; Early Life; Nationalism; Dublin Playwright; London Playwright; Cream of Devonshire; CHAPTER 2 DUBLIN, 1880-1926; The Shadow of a Gunman (Staged 1923); Juno and the Paycock (Staged 1924); The Plough and the Stars (Staged 1926); Former Nationalist; Poetaster; Music Hall; Shakespeare; Boucicault; Dalton and Connolly; Patrick Pearse; Riots; CHAPTER 3 REJECTION, 1926-39 AND BEYOND; The Silver Tassie (Published 1928)
Within the Gates (Published 1933)Autobiographies (Published 1939-54); Rejection; War Stories; Expressionism; Autobiographies; Joyce; In Memoriam; CHAPTER 4 COMMUNISM, 1936-46; The Star Turns Red (Published and Staged 1940); Purple Dust (Published 1940); Red Roses for Me (Published 1942); Oak Leaves and Lavender (Published and Staged 1946); O'Casey at the Barricades; Location; Frank Ryan; Jack in the Books; Red Roses for Me; Shaw; Can't You Listen?; Yeats; CHAPTER 5 THE CHURCH, 1946-64; Cock-A-Doodle Dandy (Published and Staged 1949); The Bishop's Bonfire (Published and Staged 1955)
The Drums of Father Ned (Staged 1959)Behind the Green Curtains (Published 1961); Catholic Protests; Serious God-Baiter?; Real-Life Inspiration; Protests; Religion of the Credulous; Emigration; Girls are Fleein'; Unstaged; CHAPTER 6 CRITICAL RESPONSES, 1923-2013; Poverty Porn; Walking Away; My New-Found Land; Paul Shyre; O'Casey and the Academy; Robert Lowery; O'Casey's Death; Non-Anglophone O'Casey; Revisionism and the 'Troubles'; Biographical Portrayals; Towards 2016; PART 2 NEW PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 7 Directing O'Casey; Garry Hynes, in conversation with James Moran
CHAPTER 8 O'CASEY'S POSTCOLONIAL DRAMATURGYCHAPTER 9 O'CASEY AND CLASS; CONCLUSION; Notes; CHRONOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
