by Sean O'Casey · Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780333026656
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«Three Plays» is a collection of three plays by Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, published by Macmillan in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Three plays set in Dublin: «Juno and the Paycock» portrays a working-class family torn apart by an inheritance; «The Shadow of a Gunman», a poet mistaken for an activist; «The Plough and the Stars» shows the Easter Rising and its victims. O'Casey combines tragedy and comedy to criticise war, poverty and nationalism.
Part of the Pan Classics collection. Includes the complete text of the three plays in English across 224 pages.
For readers of classic theatre and Irish literature; interested in the social history of Ireland in the 20th century.
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).
