sean ocasey

Sean O’Casey was born John Casey in 1880 in the Dublin slums. He changed his name early on in his carreer, because of his strong attraction to Celtic nationalism. He adopted the Gaelic name O'Cathasaigh, which phonetically in English, O'Casey. All his life he suffered with very bad eyes. As a child he had an ulcerated cornea in his left eye, leaving him with sight in one. This caused his vision to be very dim …

…the autobiography) O’Casey works threw out his life, effected people all over, especially people of Irish heritage. His numerous plays and autobiographies impacted peoples lives immensely. Bibliography ·Goldstone, Herbert: In Search of Community. The Achievement of Sean O'Casey (Cork; Dublin, 1978). ·O'Casey, Sean: Three Plays. Juno and the Paycock, The Shadow of a Gunman, The Plough and the Stars (London, 1980). ·Rollins, Ronald Gene: Sean O'Casey's Drama. Verisimilitude and Vision (Alabama, 1979). ·Simmons, James: Sean O'Casey (London, 1983).