Chronology Entry
Year
1985
Text
Wang Zuoliang : Sean O'Casey.
I found O'Casey's early Dublin tragi-comedies fascinating. I was also attracted by his later work, particularly The star turns red and Red roses for me. It was clear that from Within the gates on, O'Casey , the restless spirit that he was, was looking for a new, fresh way of writing significant drama. He didn't want to repeat his early successes, nor could he reconcile himself to the sort of fashionable, 'realistic' drama then being turned out by men like Noel Coward. Inevitably, he landed on poetic drama. He wanted to see in it all the richness, all the glitter and colour, of life, including man's noble fight for a better society. Also, he would write this kind of poetic drama in a resonant, sinewy prose, though he would not rule out – indeed he often resorted to – bursts of poetry at the critical moments. He did not always succeed in putting his idea to work, but when he did, as in Red roses for me, he did magnificently.
I found O'Casey's early Dublin tragi-comedies fascinating. I was also attracted by his later work, particularly The star turns red and Red roses for me. It was clear that from Within the gates on, O'Casey , the restless spirit that he was, was looking for a new, fresh way of writing significant drama. He didn't want to repeat his early successes, nor could he reconcile himself to the sort of fashionable, 'realistic' drama then being turned out by men like Noel Coward. Inevitably, he landed on poetic drama. He wanted to see in it all the richness, all the glitter and colour, of life, including man's noble fight for a better society. Also, he would write this kind of poetic drama in a resonant, sinewy prose, though he would not rule out – indeed he often resorted to – bursts of poetry at the critical moments. He did not always succeed in putting his idea to work, but when he did, as in Red roses for me, he did magnificently.
Mentioned People (2)
O'Casey, Sean
(Dublin, Irland 1880-1964 Torquay) : Dramatiker, Schriftsteller, Freiheitskämpfer, Sozialist
Wang, Zuoliang
(Shangyu, Zhejiang 1916-1995) : Professor Studies in Comparative Literature and Translation, Beijing Foreign Language Institute
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Ireland
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1985 | Wang, Zuoliang. Sean O'Casey in China. In : Wang, Zuoliang. Degrees of affinity : studies in comparative literature. (Beijing : Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1985). | Publication / OCa1 |
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