The Abbey Theatre and Sean O'Casey
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Where was Seán O'Casey born?

  • Dublin, Ireland (correct)
  • Cork, Ireland
  • Belfast, Ireland
  • Galway, Ireland

    • What was Seán O'Casey's original name?

  • Michael Casey
  • John Casey (correct)
  • Susan Archer
  • Seán Ó Cathasaigh

    • Which church was Seán O'Casey an active member of?

  • Saint Burnupus
  • St. Mary's parish
  • St. John the Baptist Church
  • St. Barnabas' Church (correct)

    • How many siblings did Seán O'Casey have?

    <p>Thirteen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What job did Seán O'Casey have for a nine-year period?

    <p>Railwayman on the GNR</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was Seán O'Casey sacked from his job at Eason's?

    <p>Not taking off his cap</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What age did Seán O'Casey leave school?

    <p>Fourteen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organization did O'Casey join in 1906 to support the Irish nationalist cause?

    <p>The Gaelic League</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did O'Casey do in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union?

    <p>He represented the interests of unskilled laborers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was O'Casey blacklisted and unable to find steady work for some time?

    <p>He participated in the Dublin lock-out</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organization did O'Casey become General Secretary of in March 1914?

    <p>The Irish Citizen Army</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did O'Casey write in response to the possible introduction of conscription in Ireland during World War I?

    <p>Satirical ballads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organization rejected O'Casey's play 'The Frost in the Flower'?

    <p>The Abbey Theatre</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did O'Casey expand his play 'The Frost in the Flower' after it was rejected by the St Laurence O'Toole National Club?

    <p>He added two more acts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey was not well received by the Abbey audience and resulted in riots similar to those that greeted J.M. Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World' in 1907?

    <p>The Plough and the Stars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey deals with the impact of revolutionary politics on Dublin's slums and their inhabitants?

    <p>The Shadow of a Gunman</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey is set in Dublin in 1916 around the Easter Rising?

    <p>The Plough and the Stars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey deals with the effect of the Irish Civil War on the working class poor of the city?

    <p>Juno and the Paycock</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey depicts sex and religion, offending some of the actors who refused to speak their lines?

    <p>The Plough and the Stars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey was rejected by W.B. Yeats and not performed by the Abbey due to its attack on imperialist wars?

    <p>The Silver Tassie</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey became a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?

    <p>Juno and the Paycock</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who directed the play that was put on at the Apollo Theatre?

    <p>Raymond Massey</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which actor starred in the play at the Apollo Theatre?

    <p>Charles Laughton</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who provided the Act II set design for the play at the Apollo Theatre?

    <p>Augustus John</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who had a favourable opinion of the show at the Apollo Theatre?

    <p>George Bernard Shaw</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is certain that the Abbey was right not to stage The Silver Tassie?

    <p>Denis Johnston</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Whose play, The Old Lady Says 'No.', was similarly rejected by the Abbey Theatre?

    <p>Denis Johnston</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which play by O'Casey was set within the gates of a busy city park?

    <p>Within the Gates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who responded positively to O'Casey's play, Within the Gates?

    <p>Eugene O'Neill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who directed the New York City production of Within the Gates?

    <p>Melvyn Douglas</p> Signup and view all the answers

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