by Sean O'Casey · St. Martins Press-3PL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571195527
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«Three Dublin Plays» is the collection of three plays by Sean O'Casey, published by St. Martins Press-3PL in paperback (272 pages, in English).
The volume brings together three dramatic pieces set in Dublin during the Irish Civil War (1922-1923): «The Shadow of a Gunman», «Juno and the Paycock» and «The Plough and the Stars». O'Casey portrays people from the working classes —tenants, a bricklayer, a seller and a cleaner— and shows how political violence marks their lives.
The edition includes an introduction by Christopher Murray.
It may be suitable reading for secondary school and for those studying Irish literature.
Seán O'Casey was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the struggles and experiences of the working class in Dublin. He is best known for his "Dublin Trilogy", which includes The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), Juno and the Paycock (1924) and The Plough and the Stars (1926).
