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Seán O’Casey
Geburtstag: 30. März 1880
Todesdatum: 18. September 1964
Seán O’Casey war ein irischer Dramatiker sowie politischer Aktivist des irischen Freiheitskampfes und des Sozialismus. Seine Darstellungen des Lebens der Armen in Dublin und seine Anti-Kriegs-Dramen machten ihn zu einem bekannten Dramatiker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wikipedia
Zitate Seán O’Casey
„When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.“
Quelle: Three More Plays: The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Red Roses For Me
The Green Crow (New York: George Braziller, 1956) p. 226.
Davoren in The Shadow of a Gunman, Act 2 (1923)
„Isn't all religions curious? If they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe them.“
Captain Boyle in Juno and the Paycock, Act 2
„The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.“
Captain Boyle in Juno and the Paycock (1924), Act 1, and repeated several times later in the play.
— Sean O`Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Mrs. Grogan, Act 1
The Plough and the Stars (1926)
— Sean O`Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Fluther Good, Act 1
The Plough and the Stars (1926)
Sunset and Evening Star (New York: Macmillan, 1954) p. 322.
„It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be dethrimental to keep it.“
— Sean O`Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Fluther Good, Act 2
The Plough and the Stars (1926)
Letter to The Daily Telegraph, July 8, 1941; published in The Letters of Sean O'Casey: 1910-41 (New York: Macmillan, 1975) p. 890.
Of P. G. Wodehouse's wartime broadcasts from Berlin.
— Sean O`Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Fluther Good, Act 2
The Plough and the Stars (1926)