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Sean O'Casey vs. Ireland

Episode 34 · 2007-10-23

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As Ireland struggled for Independence, writer Sean O'Casey watched the needs of the poor become increasingly overlooked as matters of flag and nation took center-stage. O'Casey bristled at the hypocrisy of pompous speeches, and the jingoistic glory that accompanied fervent nationalism. He questioned what was sacred in Ireland: the words of the priests and the words of the patriots. He questioned these pillars not through editorial or ideology, but by crafting real, human characters that represent such ideas in plays that were embraced by his countrymen.

25 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. Archaeology: Unearthing Our Past2007-10-23 2. Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun2007-10-23 3. Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia2007-10-23 4. From Slavery to Freedom2007-10-23 5. Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century2007-10-23 6. Ecology - Pulse of the Planet2007-10-23 7. American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post2007-10-23 8. Art Rebellion - The Making of the Modern2007-10-23 9. Edgar Degas - Reluctant Rebel2007-10-23 10. Braque & Picasso - A Collaboration Cubed2007-10-23 11. Giacomo Puccini - Music of the Heart2007-10-23 12. It's Opera!2007-10-23 13. The Archduke's Last Journey - End of an Era2007-10-23 14. Powder Keg - Europe 1900 to 19142007-10-23 15. Sigmund Freud - Exploring the Unconscious2007-10-23 16. Carl Jung and the Journey to Self Discovery2007-10-23 17. Psychology - Charting the Human Mind2007-10-23 18. Seeking Truth - The Life of Leo Tolstoy2007-10-23 19. Unquiet Voices - Russian Writers and the State2007-10-23 20. Aristotle - Creating Foundations2007-10-23 21. Ancient Questions - Philosophy and Our Search for Meaning2007-10-23 22. Jiddu Krishnamurti - The Reluctant Messiah2007-10-23 23. Annie Besant - An Unlikely Rebel2007-10-23 24. Medicine in the Middle Kingdom2007-10-23 25. Eastern Spirituality - The Road to Enlightenment2007-10-23 26. Thomas Edison - Lighting Up the World2007-10-23 27. Invention and Innovation - What's Behind a Good Idea?2007-10-23 28. The Mystery of Edward Stratemeyer2007-10-23 29. Wanted: Dead or Alive - Pancho Villa and the American Invasion of Mexico2007-10-23 30. General John J. Pershing and His American Army2007-10-23 31. George S. Patton - American Achilles2007-10-23 32. Easter Rising - The Poets' Rebellion2007-10-23 33. The Passions of William Butler Yeats2007-10-23 34. Sean O'Casey vs. Ireland2007-10-23 35. Ireland - The Power of the Poets2007-10-23 36. Winston Churchill - The Lion's Roar2007-10-23 37. Demanding the Vote - The Pankhursts and British Suffrage2007-10-23 38. Fighting for the Vote - Women's Suffrage in America2007-10-23 39. Historical Lecture: The Promise of Progress2007-10-23