This is the first account of the formation of the Irish Citizen Army during the Dublin strike of 1913-1914, and the part it played in the subsequent history of Ireland. The author, who was himself a leading figure in the movement, writes with vigor and conviction on the role of labor in Ireland, and expresses a very definite opinion on the relations of the workers to the Nationalist movement. The book contains character portraits of Larkin, Connolly and the Countess Markiewicz; and facts bearing on the relations between the Citizen Army and the Volunteers emerge here for the first time.This...

The most famous play by this remarkable Irish dramatist. Juno and the Paycock has been produced throughout the world and offers a compelling look at the family conflicts of struggling Irish matriarch Juno Boyle's Herculean attempts to keep her children safe and her husband "Captain" Jack Boyle sober despite his foolish schemes and the ongoing "troubles" in early 20th century Dublin.

Im bitterarmen Vorort von Dublin wurde Sean O'Casey als letztes von 13 Kindern protestantischer Eltern geboren und "auf der Straße" erzogen. Wegen eines Vitaminmangels erblindete er beinahe und konnte die Grundschule nur drei Jahre besuchen, wurde Botenjunge, Bau- und dann Bahnarbeiter. Er lernte und las mit der gründlichen Leidenschaft eines Autodidakten. 'Als ich anklopfte' ist die Geschichte einer Kindheit in Dublin, die zu den schönsten Autobiographien der Weltliteratur zählt.

Drama

Sean O'Casey

Characters: 10 male, 5 female

Three interior and exterior scenes

This play is gripping from beginning to end. It has to do with the futile efforts of the leader of one of the Irish revolutions. He is finally killed and his wife goes mad after losing her unborn child.