David H. Greene Collection of Sean O'Casey Letters 1944-1962

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David H. Greene Collection of Sean O'Casey Letters 1944-1962

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Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) was an Irish playwright and memoirist noted for his portrayal of the lives of Ireland's working class and poor. O'Casey is assoicated with Dublin's Abbey Theatre, and his significant plays include "The Shadow of a Gunman", "Juno and the Paycock", "The Plough and the Stars", "Cock-A-Doodle Dandy", and "The Bishop's Bonfire". Casey also produced a six-volume autobiography. This collection consists of letters written by O'Casey to David H. Greene, a leading scholar of Irish literature. Greene edited , , and co-edited , a collection of writings from George Bernard Shaw. He also co-wrote the authorized biography of Irish dramatist John M. Synge. O'Casey and Greene met in the 1930s, and continued a friendship and correspondence until O'Casey's death in 1964. 1000 years of Irish Prose An Anthology of Irish Literature The Matter with Ireland

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Greene, David H. (David Herbert), 1913-2008

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Greene earned his Harvard AB in 1936, his AM in 1938, and his PhD in 1943. From the description of Keats and Burton / David H. Greene. [1939] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512099 ...

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...