A Guide to O'Casey's Plays From the Plough to the Stars

Preface -- 1. *the Harvest Festival (1918-19): An Ironic Melodrama -- 2. *the Shadow Of A Gunman (1923): Kaleidoscope Of The Troubles -- 3. Kathleen Listens In (1923): A Post-civil War Whimsicality -- 4. *juno And The Paycock (1924): A Camouflage Of The Irish Civil War -- 5. Nannie's Night Out (1924) A One-act Vignette -- 6. *the Plough And The Stars (1926): Evocation Of The Irish Easter Rising -- 7. *the Silver Tassie (1928): Testament Of World War I -- 8. *within The Gates (1933): An Epiphany Of Peace -- 9. The End Of The Beginning (1934): A Jeu-d' Espirit -- 10. A Pound On Demand (1934): A Farcical Sketch -- 11. *the Star Turns Red (1940) A Futuristic Extravaganza -- 12. *purple Dust (1940): A Pastoral Frolic -- 13. *red Roses For Me (1940): A Phantasmagoria Of Dubin -- 14. *oak Leaves And Lavender (1946): An Oleograph Of The World War Ii -- 15. *cock-a-doodle Dandy (1949): A Mock-allegorical Fantasy -- 16. Time To Go (1951): A Satiric Fantasy-sketch -- 17. Bedtime Story (1951): A Sophisticated Farce -- 18. Hall Of Healing (1951): A Therapeutic Diversion -- 19. *the Bishop's Bonfire (1955): A Celtic Lament -- 20. *the Drums Of Father Ned (1960): A Prefigurative Comedy -- 21. Behind The Green Curtains (1961): A Tragi-comedietta -- 22. Figuro In The Night (1961): A Farfetched Fantasy -- 23. The Moon Shines On Kylenamore (1961): A Realistic Fantasy -- Select Bibliography -- Index. -- -- * Full-length Plays John O'riordan. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 411-413.