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Theatre: A Prologue to Greatness

Shadow of a Gunman by O’Casey at Bijou

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Thanks to the Actors Studio, Sean O’Casey’s Shadow of a Gunman has fallen heir to a masterly performance, which was put on at the Bijou last evening.1 The play is all alive; every part is brilliantly acted.

The New York Times (21 Nov. 1958).

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Robert G. Lowery

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© 1982 Brooks Atkinson and Robert G. Lowery

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Atkinson, B. (1982). Theatre: A Prologue to Greatness. In: Lowery, R.G. (eds) Sean O’Casey. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05667-5_31

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