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- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Sean O’Casey’s Life and Times: A Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Key Places and Events
- Chapter 1 Dublin
- Chapter 2 The Irish Revolution
- Chapter 3 London
- Chapter 4 The Second World War
- Chapter 5 Devon
- Part II Social Contexts
- Part III Collaborators and Critics
- Part IV Performance Legacies
- Part V Non-Theatrical Writings
- Part VI Critical Understandings
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 5 - Devon
from Part I - Key Places and Events
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2025
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Book contents
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Sean O’Casey in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Sean O’Casey’s Life and Times: A Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Key Places and Events
- Chapter 1 Dublin
- Chapter 2 The Irish Revolution
- Chapter 3 London
- Chapter 4 The Second World War
- Chapter 5 Devon
- Part II Social Contexts
- Part III Collaborators and Critics
- Part IV Performance Legacies
- Part V Non-Theatrical Writings
- Part VI Critical Understandings
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
For more than a quarter of a century, Sean O’Casey enjoyed living in what he called the ‘delightful county’ of Devon. O’Casey remained newsworthy in Ireland until his death, but he lived in relative anonymity in this English seaside area, and today the county does little to remember the writer. This chapter examines the way that O’Casey interacted with the local area of Devon, and the chapter also illustrates how his writing was shaped by the personal events that happened in this geographical location, such as the death of his son Niall from cancer in 1956, his interaction with Devon neighbours, and the contact he enjoyed with visitors who travelled to meet him, such as the Irish playwright Denis Johnston.
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- Sean O'Casey in Context , pp. 57 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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