| Sean O'Casey: Centenary Essays Contributor(s): Krause, David (Editor), Lowery, Robert G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0861400089 ISBN-13: 9780861400089 Publisher: Colin Smythe OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1981 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| LCCN: 80142421 |
| Series: Irish Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 258 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume was created to mark the centenary of the birth of Sean O'Casey. It covers every aspect of his life and work, with essays from leading scholars in the field of O'Casey studies: Ronald Ayling, Bernard Benstock, Mary FitzGerald, David Krause, Robert G. Lowery, William J. Maroldo, Alan Simpson and Stanley Weintraub, together with a Chronology and a list of productions of O'Casey's plays, both by Robert G. Lowery. The subjects covered include O'Casey's relations with the Abbey Theatre, Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats, and Bernard Shaw together with assessments of the influence that James Joyce, politics, religion and Ireland had on the playwright and his plays. |