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Seán O'Casey

Juno and the Paycock

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1924

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Essay Topics

1.

How does the tenement mirror the situation of the Irish in the 1920s?

2.

Sean O’Casey had to submit several plays to the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre, before his trilogy, which includes Juno and the Paycock, was accepted. What aspects of Juno and the Paycock make it a play for the Irish people?

3.

Explain whether O’Casey shows a clear predilection for one side of the Irish Civil War over the other (Die-hards versus Free Staters or a balanced perspective in this play).