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Where was Seán O'Casey born?
What was Seán O'Casey's birth name?
Which church was Seán O'Casey an active member of until his mid-20s?
How many siblings did Seán O'Casey have?
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What job did Seán O'Casey work in for a short while at Eason's?
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At what age did Seán O'Casey leave school?
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What hindered Seán O'Casey's early education?
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Which organization did O'Casey join in 1906 to support the Irish nationalist cause?
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What was O'Casey's role in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union?
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Which satirical ballad did O'Casey write and publish in The Workers' Republic in 1916?
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What inspired O'Casey to write after the death of his friend Thomas Ashe in a hunger strike?
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Why did the St Laurence O'Toole National Club decline to put on O'Casey's play 'The Frost in the Flower'?
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Which theater rejected O'Casey's play 'The Frost in the Flower' but encouraged him to continue writing?
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What did O'Casey do after expanding his play 'The Frost in the Flower' to three acts?
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Who directed the play at the Apollo Theatre?
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Who starred in the play at the Apollo Theatre?
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Who designed the Act II set for the play?
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Who had a favourable opinion of the show?
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Why did the Abbey Theatre not stage 'The Silver Tassie'?
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Which play did Denis Johnston write that was similarly rejected by the Abbey Theatre?
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Which play did Eugene O'Neill respond positively to?
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Which play was originally intended to be a film script for Alfred Hitchcock?
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Which play was unsuccessful in Northern Ireland and not produced in the south until 2010?
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Which play by O'Casey was set in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916?
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What was the subject matter of Juno and the Paycock?
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Which play resulted in riots at the Abbey Theatre?
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What was the reason for the riot during the performance of The Plough and the Stars?
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Which play by O'Casey was rejected by the Abbey Theatre for its attack on imperialist wars?
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Where did O'Casey move with his wife in 1938?
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Who funded the premier production of The Silver Tassie?
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