Sean O’Casey

Sean O’Casey

playwright Ireland

Sean O’Casey was an Irish playwright and author, recognized for his significant contributions to Irish theatre in the early 20th century. He is noted for his critique of P.G. Wodehouse during the fallout from the latter's Berlin broadcasts, famously calling him 'literature’s performing flea' in a response that highlighted the moral outrage of the time.

Born on Mar 30, 1880 (145 years old)

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Ireland Ireland: Sean O’Casey's The Plough and the Stars features a suburban character as an intruder. 6

Fintan O Toole James Joyce Jimmy O Dea John Synge Ruth Mcmanus Roddy Doyle Eavan Boland Jim Larkin Brendan Behan Bertie Ahern Tim Robinson
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Fintan O’Toole on the commodification of Crumlin – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Seán O’Casey is mentioned as another figure in the Irish canon that Dinneen feels does not represent her experience. 5

Pea Dinneen May Watson Oscar Wilde Aoife Sweeney O Connor
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: ‘Raising Her Voice was born out of frustration at seeing myself reflected nowhere in the Irish theatrical canon’ – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Seán O’Casey withdrew his play from the festival due to censorship issues. 5

Samuel Beckett Deryk Mendel John Charles Mcquaid Tennessee Williams Alan Simpson James Joyce Brendan Smith Carolyn Swift Gavin Kostick Meav Ni Mhaolchatha Tom Clinch Anna Clinch Catherine Clinch Linda Doyle Roise Goan
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Why an infuriated Nobel laureate withdrew his play from Dublin Theatre Festival – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Sean O’Casey is referenced as the father of the tradition of mentioning the Daily Mail in songs. 6

Frank Mcnally Brian Boyd Billy Bragg Morrissey John Cooper Clarke Loudon Wainwright Iii James Joyce Carl Hardebeck Micheal Mcmullin Zef Klinkenbergh
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Setting the Bar High – Frank McNally on pubs called The Irish Times (and more songs about newspapers) – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Sean O’Casey criticized Wodehouse's antics, suggesting that England should forget them. 2

P G Wodehouse William Connor George Orwell Harry Flannery Winston Churchill
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Comic Stripped - Frank McNally on the cancellation of P.G. Wodehouse – The Irish Times