Table of Contents

Preface Chronology Life and Career The Plays: Summaries and Critical Overviews Bedtime Story (1952) Behind the Green Curtains (1962) The Bishop's Bonfire (1955) Cathleen Listens In (1923) Cock-A-Doodle Dandy (1949) The Drums of Father Ned (1960) The End of the Beginning (1937) Figuro in the Night (1962) Hall of Healing (1952) The Harvest Festival Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Moon Shines on Kylenamoe (1962) Nannie's Night Out (1924) Oak Leaves and Lavender (1946) The Plough and the Stars (1926) A Pound on Demand (1939) Purple Dust (1943) Red Roses for Me (1943) The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) The Silver Tassie (1929) The Star Turns Red (1940) Time to Go (1952) Within the Gates (1934) Primary Bibliography Annotated Secondary Bibliography Productions and Credits Author Index General Index

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Plot summaries, production credits, and an extensive bibliography for O'Casey's plays.

About the Author

BERNICE SCHRANK is Professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland. With William W. Demastes, she is the coeditor of Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1996).

Reviews

"Schrank's volume is a thorough and welcome addition to O'Casey scholarship.... [The work] begins with a brief chronology and a short essay on O'Casey's life and career. The next section offers a summary and critical overview of each of his plays, followed by a bibliography of primary materials.... The book is logically arranged and scrupulously prepared and researched. Graduate students through faculty."-Choice

?Schrank's volume is a thorough and welcome addition to O'Casey scholarship.... [The work] begins with a brief chronology and a short essay on O'Casey's life and career. The next section offers a summary and critical overview of each of his plays, followed by a bibliography of primary materials.... The book is logically arranged and scrupulously prepared and researched. Graduate students through faculty.?-Choice