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 Juno and the Paycock Summary
4,839 words, approx. 16 pages Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey Sean O’Casey was born John Casey in 1880 in Dublin and baptized in the Church of Ireland. After the death of his father, in 1886, the family sank into the poverty of the Dublin tenements. Throughout the... summary from source:
 Juno and the Paycock Information
631 words, approx. 2 pages
 Juno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey, the second of his well-known "Dublin Trilogy" and one of the most highly regarded and oft-performed plays in Ireland. It was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924. It is set in the... 
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 The Boston Globe 'juno And The Paycock' Proves Timeless
10/19/1990: 928 words, approx. 3 pages JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK Play by Sean O'Casey. Directed by David Wheeler. Set by Robert D. Soule. Lighting by John F. Custer. Costumes by William Lane. At: The Trinity Repertory Company, Downstairs Theater, through Nov. 18. PROVIDENCE - There's... summary from source:
The Independent - London Theatre: The Homecoming / Juno and the Paycock; Leicester Haymarket
03/15/1996: 576 words, approx. 2 pages Pinter's The Homecoming takes place in the large, knocked-through sitting room of an old house in north London. Thanks to the width of the main stage and an odd design by Frank Flood, the revival at the Leicester Haymarket seems, by contrast, to be...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Leslie Thomson
5,145 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Thomson outlines the delusions about Irish reality and the underlying causes that animate Juno & the Paycock, showing how visual and verbal imagery reinforces a pessimistic interpretation of the play's meaning.
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Critical Review by Edward Alden Jewell
2,367 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following review of the debut of Juno & the Paycock at the Abbey Theatre, Jewell lauds O'Casey's “unique” interpretation of life in the Dublin slums, especially the authenticity of his characters that surpass cliches of the Irish peasantry.
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Critical Essay by Ronald Ayling
1,613 words, approx. 5 pages
It is in many ways rewarding to approach Juno and the Paycock together with The Plough and the Stars and The Shadow of a Gunman as a cycle of political and social plays conceived on an epic scale and deeply tinged by an overall tragic vision; a trilogy similar in some respects to Shakespeare's cycle comprising Richard II, Henry IV (two parts), and Richard III. In each series individual plays, though self-contained and complete in themselves, are more meaningful in conjunction with the other plays rel...
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