Book contents
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Sean O’Casey’s Life and Times: A Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Key Places and Events
- Chapter 1 Dublin
- Chapter 2 The Irish Revolution
- Chapter 3 London
- Chapter 4 The Second World War
- Chapter 5 Devon
- Part II Social Contexts
- Part III Collaborators and Critics
- Part IV Performance Legacies
- Part V Non-Theatrical Writings
- Part VI Critical Understandings
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 3 - London
from Part I - Key Places and Events
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Book contents
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Sean O’Casey’s Life and Times: A Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Key Places and Events
- Chapter 1 Dublin
- Chapter 2 The Irish Revolution
- Chapter 3 London
- Chapter 4 The Second World War
- Chapter 5 Devon
- Part II Social Contexts
- Part III Collaborators and Critics
- Part IV Performance Legacies
- Part V Non-Theatrical Writings
- Part VI Critical Understandings
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Sean O’Casey based himself in London between 1926 and 1938, and this chapter examines the cultural life of interwar London during O’Casey’s time there. London’s theatre world had long been an important destination for Irish playwrights, and this section of the book establishes the kind of expectations and tastes that O’Casey encountered when he arrived here from Dublin. The chapter explores O’Casey’s interaction with the English capital’s culture and society, and shows how the move to the English capital shaped O’Casey’s social views as well as the subject and form of his writing.
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- Sean O'Casey in Context , pp. 35 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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