Cock-a-Doodle Dandy
A magical cockerel appears in the parish of Nyadnanave, forcing its residents to confront how they live. O'Casey's darkly comic fantasy presents rural Irish life through a conflict between repression and liberty.
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A magical cockerel appears in the parish of Nyadnanave, forcing its residents to confront how they live. O'Casey's darkly comic fantasy presents rural Irish life through a conflict between repression and liberty.
Set in a Dublin tenement during the Irish Civil War, the play follows the Boyle family after they hear of a supposed inheritance. Captain Jack's spending, a failed romance and the inheritance's collapse deepen the family's hardship; Juno ultimately leaves with Mary, while Johnny is taken away and killed.
In rural Ireland, Darry and his wife Lizzie argue over whose work is harder and exchange household and farm duties for a day. Darry’s inept attempts at housework turn the kitchen into a wreck while Lizzie completes his outdoor task.
Set in a Dublin tenement and pub, the first two acts portray working-class life before the Easter Rising, while the last two follow residents through the 1916 rebellion. Jack Clitheroe joins the fighting despite Nora's pleas; the Rising brings death, looting and loss to the tenement community.
In a Dublin tenement during the War of Independence, poet Donal Davoren lets residents believe he is an IRA gunman, winning the affection of Minnie Powell. After an ambush, a bag of bombs is hidden in Minnie’s room; she is arrested and killed when her captors’ lorry is ambushed.
Harry Heegan goes to war as if heading to a football match. The four acts move from his youthful athletic heroism to the cynicism and despair of the front, then to bitterness in a veterans' hospital and the contrast between his disability and the lives of noncombatants.
During the First World War, football star Harry Heegan returns to the front and is gravely injured. In hospital and later at a dance, he confronts his paralysis, the changed relationships around him, and the loss of his former life.
A magical cockerel appears in the parish of Nyadnanave, forcing its residents to confront how they live. O'Casey's darkly comic fantasy presents rural Irish life through a conflict between repression and liberty.
Set in a Dublin tenement during the Irish Civil War, the play follows the Boyle family after they hear of a supposed inheritance. Captain Jack's spending, a failed romance and the inheritance's collapse deepen the family's hardship; Juno ultimately leaves with Mary, while Johnny is taken away and killed.
In rural Ireland, Darry and his wife Lizzie argue over whose work is harder and exchange household and farm duties for a day. Darry’s inept attempts at housework turn the kitchen into a wreck while Lizzie completes his outdoor task.
Set in a Dublin tenement and pub, the first two acts portray working-class life before the Easter Rising, while the last two follow residents through the 1916 rebellion. Jack Clitheroe joins the fighting despite Nora's pleas; the Rising brings death, looting and loss to the tenement community.
In a Dublin tenement during the War of Independence, poet Donal Davoren lets residents believe he is an IRA gunman, winning the affection of Minnie Powell. After an ambush, a bag of bombs is hidden in Minnie’s room; she is arrested and killed when her captors’ lorry is ambushed.
Harry Heegan goes to war as if heading to a football match. The four acts move from his youthful athletic heroism to the cynicism and despair of the front, then to bitterness in a veterans' hospital and the contrast between his disability and the lives of noncombatants.
During the First World War, football star Harry Heegan returns to the front and is gravely injured. In hospital and later at a dance, he confronts his paralysis, the changed relationships around him, and the loss of his former life.