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In the published version of The Bishop’s Bonfire, the frontispiece is a reproduction of an oil portrait of Sean O’Casey by his son, Breon.1 Even in black-and-white it is an excellent picture. The face is thin and stern, like that of a bishop disapproving of his flock. But Breon knows his father too well to be satisfied with surface appearances. Look a little closer and the face turns out to be full of kindness as well as strength. The sterness does not represent anger. It represents disappointment. The bishop wished that his flock were happier.
The New York Times (11 Sept. 1955).
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© 1982 Brooks Atkinson and Robert G. Lowery
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Atkinson, B. (1982). The Playful Mr O’Casey. In: Lowery, R.G. (eds) Sean O’Casey. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05667-5_24
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