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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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SUMMARY:Christine Dwyer Hickey - POSTPONED
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. WE WILL LOOK TO RESCHEDULE IN THE COMING MONTHS \n\n\nThe Society is delighted to partner with the Dublin City Council for a second year to deliver an event on the Dublin One City One Book choice. This year’s choice is Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey. Dublin One City One Book is a Dublin City Council initiative\, led by Dublin City Libraries it encourages reading for pleasure through a myriad of free public events throughout the month\, held in libraries\, galleries\, theatres and museums. We will also be joining with the Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre’s Book Club for this event and encourage all attendees to read Tatty in preparation for the event. The special edition for this years celebration will be available at our February Ciaran Carson event. \nTatty is the story of a Dublin family as told through the eyes of one of its children over a ten year period. During this time we see the destruction brought about by alcoholism as one little girl tries to come to terms with her parents’ drinking. This is the story of a disturbed childhood\, yet it is also filled with humour and love. Chapter by chapter\, the child’s voice matures and her perception becomes more honed; we are left with a stunning portrait of a disintegrating family and the child lost within it. Dorothy Allen is a former BBC journalist\, currently writing for the German and Swiss Press\, she will join Dwyer Hickey in conversation. \n  Dwyer Hickey’s mastery of the child’s voice is spectacular and her acute understanding of the mentality of children leads to some hilarious moments.Sunday Tribune \n Image: Drawing of a Young Girl\, Joseph Syddall\, 1891 \n  \nPresented in association with the Dublin One City One Book:  \n \n  \nSpeaker: Christine Dwyer Hickey\n   \nChristine Dwyer Hickey is a novelist\, playwright and short story writer. She has published eight novels\, one collection of short stories and a full-length play. \nTatty was published by New Island Books (2004) and by Vintage UK (2005). It was shortlisted for Irish Novel of The Year 2005\, listed as one of the 50 Irish Novels of the Decade at the Irish Book Awards 2010 and was nominated for the Orange Prize (now the Women’s Fiction Prize). Her latest novel The Narrow Land (Atlantic UK 2019) is set on Cape Cod in 1950 and examines the turbulent marriage of American artists Edward and Jo Hopper. Christine’s stories have been published in anthologies and magazines worldwide and have won several awards the most recent of which was at for her story Back to Bones at the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year Award 2017. Her play Snow Angels premiered at the Project Arts Theatre in 2014. Her work has been widely translated into European and Arabic languages and she is an elected member of Aosdána\, the Irish academy of arts. \n \nTatty: Dublin One City\, One Book edition
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/christine-dwyer-hickey-25-march/
LOCATION:Irish Cultural Centre\, Hammersmith\, 5 Black’s Road Hammersmith\, W6 9DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:children,interview,novel,social history,special event,women
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