Sean O'Casey letters, 1935-1953.

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Sean O'Casey letters, 1935-1953.

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O'Casey writes to H.D. Jones, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, 2 March 1935, recalling articles he has written and where and when they appeared; to Cyril Lakin, literary editor, The Sunday times, 22 January 1939, inquiring about the fate of "Remember Mitchel;" to S.A. Russell, Liberty Book Club, 5 December 1949, agreeing to reduce his royalty rate on "Pictures in the hallway" and comments about Chiang Kai Shek and Chinese ambassadors; to Ben D. Zevin, World Publishing Co., 2 March 1953, complimenting him on his dictionary and commenting on the Irish origin of many American idioms; and to Eleanor Kask, World Publishing Co., 19 March 1953, allowing her to print his remarks to Zevin about the dictionary.

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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...

Zevin, B. D. (Benjamin David), 1901-

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Lakin, Cyril

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Jones, H. D.,

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Kask, Eleanor,

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Russell, S. A. (Spruell Alton)

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