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1880–1964 Ireland
Seán O'Casey (30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964); born John Casey, was an Irish playwright and memoirist whose works show his socialist and Irish republican sympathies. His plays include Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars.
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I wouldn't be everlasting' cockin' me earth hear every little whisper that was floatin' around me! It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be dethrimental to keep it.
The Plough and the Stars (1926)
A man should always be drunk, Minnie, when he talks politics — it's the only way in which to make them important.
She dhresses herself to keep him with her, but it's no use — afther a month or two, th'wondher of a woman wears off.
The Plough and the Stars (1926)
If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea.
Isn't all religions curious? If they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe them.
There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.
The Plough and the Stars (1926)
Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich man to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
Rose and Crown (1952)
The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.
Captain Boyle in Juno and the Paycock (1924)
The flame from the angel's sword in the Garden of Eden has been catalyzed into the atom bomb; God's thunderbolt became blunted, so Man's dunderbolt has become the Steel Star of Destruction.
Sunset and Evening Star (1954)
The Drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candlesticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense nor myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on its roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly.
Sunset and Evening Star (1954)
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