Shadows from the Past: Sean O’Casey and the Abbey
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https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v7i1.184206Keywords:
Sean O’Casey, Abbey Theatre, The Silver TassieAbstract
This article examines the programme of the Abbey Theatre’s Centenary commemorations, “abbeyonehundred”, culminating in the Theatre’s one- hundredth anniversary on 27 December 2004. In particular, the absence of plays by Sean O’Casey is noted from all but a touring programme, which, in his case, occurred after the anniversary itself. It is argued that this may be seen as a belated repercussion of the controversy surrounding the rejection of The Silver Tassie in 1928, and that a significant opportunity was lost by the current directorate of the Abbey Theatre to celebrate the memory of one of the most important Irish dramatists of the twentieth century.
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