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Sean O'Casey
Dublin, Ireland
Archival Overview
Irish dramatist and socialist who immortalized the Dublin working-class tenements in his tragicomic Dublin Trilogy: The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars.
Biographical Record
Sean O'Casey (1880–1964) was an Irish dramatist, socialist, and memoirist born into a impoverished Protestant working-class family in Dublin's north inner city. Largely self-educated due to chronic painful eye disease, O'Casey worked as a laborer, joined the Irish Citizen Army alongside James Connolly, and witnessed firsthand the poverty and violence of revolutionary Ireland.
O'Casey gained international acclaim through his celebrated 'Dublin Trilogy' staged at the Abbey Theatre: The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), Juno and the Paycock (1924), and The Plough and the Stars (1926). Fusing tenement tragicomedy, biting satire of political romanticism, and deep empathy for heroic working-class matriarchs, his plays provoked riots when performed during the aftermath of the Irish Civil War.
Key Life Milestones
Juno and the Paycock Premiered
Premiered Juno and the Paycock to immense critical acclaim, capturing the heartbreak of the Irish Civil War in the Dublin slums.
The Plough and the Stars Riots
Staged The Plough and the Stars, prompting riots by nationalists which W.B. Yeats famously rebuked from the Abbey stage.
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Perpetual MemorialLondon, United Kingdom