Spending seven hours with playwright Sean O’Casey (1880–1964), courtesy of the prodigious Druid company, I had time to ponder many things. Like the morning’s headlines about war breaking out ...

A Dublin festival honoring the great playwright Seán O'Casey is "capturing working class life in its rawest form". The Seán O'Casey Festival celebrates one of the first Irish playwrights of note ...

In 1928, Sean O’Casey presented a copy of his latest play, The Silver Tassie, to the London impresario Sir Barry Jackson. Jackson wouldn’t stage it. “You’ve written a fine play, a terrible ...

In New York, the Druid theater company presents three plays by Sean O’Casey that depict life amid the struggle for Irish independence during the early 20th century.

DruidO’Casey broke box office records when it was announced in early 2023 and sold out weeks in advance, so early booking is strongly recommended for this national tour of The Shadow of a Gunman.