Seán O'Casey

Quotes

• “A man should always be drunk, Minnie, when he talks politics — it's the only way in which to make them important.”
• “The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.”
• “Isn't all religions curious? If they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe them.”
• “If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea.”
• “Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich man to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.”
• “The Drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candlesticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense nor myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on its roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly.”

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Key facts

Born

John Casey , ( 1880-03-30 ) 30 March 1880, Dublin , County Dublin , Ireland

Died

18 September 1964 (1964-09-18) (aged 84), Torquay , Devon , England

Pen name

Seán Ó Cathasaigh

Occupation

Dramatist

Language

English

Spouse

Eileen Carey Reynolds ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 ) ​

Children

Breon O'Casey , Niall, Shivaun

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