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Seán O'Casey

    30. März 1880 – 18. September 1964

    Sean O'Casey war ein bedeutender irischer Dramatiker und Memoirenautor, der für seine Darstellungen der Dubliner Arbeiterklasse bekannt ist. Aus einer harten Jugend hervorgegangen, war er weitgehend Autodidakt, was seine literarische Stimme tief prägte. Seine oft tragikomischen Stücke zeichnen sich durch eine überschwängliche Vielseitigkeit aus, die einen großen geistigen Umfang vermittelt. Als engagierter Sozialist schwingt O'Caseys Werk bis heute mit dem lebendigen Leben mit, das er so gut kannte.

    Seán O'Casey
    Unter einer bunten Kappe
    Ich klopfe an
    Dubliner Trilogie. Der Schatten e. Rebellen; Juno u. d. Pfau; Der Pflug u. d. Sterne
    Dämmerung und Abendstern
    Irland, leb wohl!
    Trommeln unter den Fenstern. Autobiographie III.
    • A Glimpse of Erin

      • 94 Seiten
      • 4 Lesestunden

      Collection of color photographs with quotes from works of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey. Work-in-progress for 25 years. A spiritual journey through Ireland. Need not be Irish to appreciate work. Photos include Northern The Giant's Causeway, Glens of Antrim, etc. Spectacular photo of Cliffs of Moher, Eyeries, a rainbow over Youghal Harbor. Intro includes author's Irish connection from youth on Tipperary Hill, Syracuse, NY site of the only traffic signal in world with green lens above red.

      A Glimpse of Erin1999
      4,4
    • Sean O'Casey

      Plays 1

      • 448 Seiten
      • 16 Lesestunden

      In his early forties, while continuing to support himself as a laborer, we wrote, in quick succession three realistic plays about the slums of Dublin, known as the Dublin Trilogy." Juno and the Paycock," the second installment of the trilogy, was performed in the Abbey Theatre in 1924--the Abbey theatre produced the first installment of the trilogy, "The Shadow of a Gunman" (not included in this volume) in 1923." Juno and the Paycock "deals with the unpleasantness of war and the misery of the victims during the the Irish struggle for indepenence. It was awarded the Hawthornden Prize. As his career progressed, O'Casey experiemented with expressionism and symbolism, which resulted in "Within the Gates;" "Red Roses for Me," a semiautobiographical work; and "Cock-a-Doodle Dandy," Due to an increase of nationalism during the Civil War and Irish Independence movement, his plays were received well, although, at times, with protest and restriction.

      Sean O'Casey1998
      3,7
    • Cheerio, Titan

      The Friendship Between George Bernard Shaw & Eileen & Sean O'Casey

      • 143 Seiten
      • 6 Lesestunden

      Eileen O'Casey, married to the great Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, has written a remarkable portrait of her & her husbands intimate friendship with George Bernard & Charlotte Shaw. In these delightfully vibrant memoirs, she's paid homage to an extraordinary relationship that was cherished by each of these modern literary giants. She gracefully interweaves personal history with a unique portrait of Great Britains cultural life in the 1st half of the century. Here's a treasure trove of celebrated personalities: W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, Barry Fitzgerald, T.E. Lawrence, Eugene ONeill etc.

      Cheerio, Titan1989
      3,0
    • A murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitants to break the shackles of Church and State. All these plays were met with moral outrage and rioting in their native Ireland.Yeats's 'The Countess Cathleen' (1892), J. M. Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World' (1907) and O'Casey's 'Cock-a-doodle Dandy' (1949) emerged from a period of traumatic change for Ireland. While the plays bear witness to the immmense social upheavals of the turn of the twentieth century, they also represent a new age of Irish drama that rose from the turmoil, and their lessons ring true to this day.

      The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays1987
      3,8
    • A play set in the tenements of Dublin in 1922, just after the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, revolving around the misfortunes of the dysfunctional Boyle family ("Juno and the paycock"). A tragicomedy set during the Irish War of Independence centering on the mistaken identity of a building tenant who is thought to be an IRA assassin ("The shadow of a gunman"). A play set in Dublin addressing the 1916 Easter Rising ("The plough and the stars")

      Three plays. Juno and the Paycock. The Shadow of a Gunman. The Plough and the Stars.1980
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    • Ich klopfe an

      Eine Kindheit in Irland

      Im bitterarmen Vorort von Dublin wurde Sean O'Casey als letztes von 13 Kindern protestantischer Eltern geboren und »auf der Straße« erzogen. Wegen eines Vitaminmangels erblindete er beinahe und konnte die Grundschule nur drei Jahre besuchen, wurde Botenjunge, Bau- und dann Bahnarbeiter. Er lernte und las mit der gründlichen Leidenschaft eines Autodidakten. ›Ich klopfe an‹ ist die Geschichte einer Kindheit in Dublin, die zu den schönsten Autobiografien der Weltliteratur zählt.

      Ich klopfe an1978
      3,8
    • Autobiography, Vol. 1

      I Knock at the Door

      • 192 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      This is the story of Sean Casey's childhood, written in two acts for 4 men and 2 women. It was originally staged on Broadway as a concert reading.

      Autobiography, Vol. 11971
      3,0
    • Beletrizovaná autobiografie velkého irského dramatika „tlukoucího na dveře“ světa a lidského svědomí. Dílo zachycuje osudy autorovy rodiny i jeho osobní hledání na pozadí irské kulturní a politické renesance. Vzniklo z původních samostatných autobiografických próz Tluču na dveře, Obrazyv chodbě, Bubny pod oknem, Irsko, buď sbohem (vycházely od r. 1939 do r. 1949). Experimentující próza využívající nejrozmanitějších vypravěčských technik. Předmluvu napsal František Vrba.

      Tluču na dveře1966
      5,0
    • The plough and the stars

      • 155 Seiten
      • 6 Lesestunden

      This educational edition, with the full play text and an introduction to the playwright, features a detailed analysis of the language, structure and characters of the play, and textual notes explaining difficult words and references. It contains: - The full playtext - An introduction to the playwright, his background and his work - A detailed analysis of language, structure and characters in the play - Features of performance - Textual notes explaining difficult words and references Professor Murray's notes, to be read alongside the full playtext provided here, will enable students to better understand, appreciate, enjoy and write about O'Casey's greatest play.

      The plough and the stars1960
      3,7