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SUMMARY:Shivaun O'Casey - 7 Oct
DESCRIPTION:In the year of the centenary of the inaugural production of Juno and the Paycock we welcome Shivaun O’Casey\, daughter of playwright Sean O’Casey and actress Eileen Carey\, to speak at the Society to give insight into growing up in the O’Casey household\, her father’s work and her own work as a theatre director:”My parents never encouraged me to go into theatre\, because they knew it was spasmodic work and involved a lot of heartbreak.”\n\nShivaun was born in 1939\, by which time O’Casey had become fed up with his treatment by the Irish literary establishment and moved to south-west England. As co-executor with her brother Breon of the O’Casey literary estate\, she was responsible for turning over the huge O’Casey archive to the National Library and continues to manage the Sean O’Casey Estate. Coinciding with a major revival of the work in London the conversation with O’Casey expert Dr Michelle Paull will touch on the production history of Juno and the Paycock\, the writing of the play\, the reaction to the O’Casey’s work and the effect of that on Sean and his relationship to Ireland. The actress Esther O’Casey\, granddaughter to Sean\, will contribute readings from the work. \n\n\n  Speakers:  Shivaun O'Casey\n\n\n\n  Shivaun O’Casey\nShivaun O’Casey began directing and producing in New York City in 1987 with Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days\, followed by Baglady (Frank McGuinness)\, and Purple Dust (Sean O’Casey). In 1991\, she formed The O’Casey Theater Company\, based both in Northern Ireland and New York\,  The company produced three international tours: The Shadow of a Gunman\, Three Shouts from a Hill\, The Plough and the Stars – and finally\, for performance in Derry only\, Behind the Green Curtains. She manages the Sean O’Casey Estate and directed and narrated the documentary on her father Under a Coloured Cap (2004) that profiles her father’s life of hardship and triumph\, idealism and disenchantment.  \n\nDr Michelle Paull\n\n\n\n  Dr Michelle Paull\nDr Michelle Paull of (St Mary’s University\, Twickenham) is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Michelle’s PhD at Goldsmiths’ College\, University of London focused on the theatre of Sean O’Casey and she is currently working on her monograph\, Sean O’Casey: Critical Controversies. Michelle’s research and teaching interests include contemporary theatre\, London theatre\, Irish plays\, Sean O’Casey\, adaptations on stage and screen and contemporary writing in English.. \n\n\n\n\n\nEsther O'Casey\n\n\n\n  Esther O’Casey\nA recent graduate of GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA\, BA (Hons) Acting. See: Guildhall. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/shivaun-ocasey-7-oct/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1B 3NN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:archive,children,emigration,Nationalism,theatre
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