Thirty-two autograph or typed letters from Sean O'Casey to Seamus Scully 1949-1960

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Thirty-two autograph or typed letters from Sean O'Casey to Seamus Scully 1949-1960

1 item, held in 1 vol.; manuscript and typescript.

eng,

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Scully Seamus

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O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

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Sean O'Casey was born John Casey on March 30, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland, to Michael and Susan (Archer) Casey, a lower-middle class Protestant family. His father died in 1886. As a child, O'Casey suffered from trachoma, which affected his sight and made it difficult for him to succeed scholastically. He worked periodically throughout his adolescence as a stock boy, a van driver, and railway laborer. During this time, he became interested in Irish working class culture, as well as socialism and labo...