Sean O'Casey, under a coloured cap /
This program paints an intimate and fascinating portrait of Sean O'Casey: a controversial playwright, a prolific memoirist, and one of the great figures of the Irish literary renaissance. The program profiles the renowned writer's life of hardship and triumph, idealism and disenchantment....
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
2006, 2004.
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| Summary: | This program paints an intimate and fascinating portrait of Sean O'Casey: a controversial playwright, a prolific memoirist, and one of the great figures of the Irish literary renaissance. The program profiles the renowned writer's life of hardship and triumph, idealism and disenchantment. Topics under discussion include O'Casey's grim formative years; his activities in various socialist movements and in the movements for Irish independence; his satiric and often violent tragicomedies The shadow of a gunman, Juno and the paycock, and The plough and the stars; and his later years in self-imposed exile in Britain. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced for television. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |