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O’Casey’s later plays all offer some sort of positive criticism of society. This distinguishes them from the early plays, although mostly he uses the same technique of setting his characters against a specific period or public event. The rest are pastoral fantasies.
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© 1983 James Simmons
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Simmons, J. (1983). The Later Plays. In: Sean O’Casey. Macmillan Modern Dramatists. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15727-3_6
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