Ready Reference Treatise: Juno and the Paycock

By Raja Sharma

There was a treaty signed between the IRA and the British government that allowed the self governance of sixteen out of twenty two counties.

The treaty was signed in the year 1921. It was, however, a controversial treaty. The die-hard Republicans demanded the independence of all of Ireland.

A Civil was started in 1922 between the Republicans and the Irish Free State Forces. The Free State forces had accepted the treaty. This is the setting of the present play “Juno and the Paycock.”

Ready Reference Treatise: Juno and the Paycock
Copyright
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Oct 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311190918

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: Juno and the Paycock

Raja Sharma

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Ready Reference Treatise: Juno and the Paycock

Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: Introduction

Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey was first performed in 1924 at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.

It is a highly acclaimed play by this famous playwright from Ireland. The play is said to be one of the most highly regarded and most frequently performed plays in Ireland.

The play is set in the early 1920s. Most of the action takes place in the working class tenements of Dublin. It was the time of Civil War in Ireland.

Juno and the Paycock is the second of the playwright’s famous trilogy known as Dublin Trilogy. The other two plays in that Trilogy are The Shadow of a Gunman and The Plough and the Stars. They were first staged in the year 1923 and 1926 respectively.

There was a treaty signed between the IRA and the British government that allowed the self governance of sixteen out of twenty two counties.

The treaty was signed in the year 1921. It was, however, a controversial treaty. The die-hard Republicans demanded the independence of all of Ireland.

A Civil was started in 1922 between the Republicans and the Irish Free State Forces. The Free State forces had accepted the treaty. This is the setting of the present play Juno and the Paycock.

The play revolves around the life of the Boyle family and in the backdrop there are the factional struggles.

The play was an instant hit and it played for a second week for the first time in the history of theatre.

Juno and the Paycock has been reproduced for other media. It has also been adapted into a movie in England. The movie version was produced in the year 1930 and it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Chapter Two: Plot Overview

The play is basically about the Boyle family. During the Irish Civil War, they happen to be living in the Dublin tenements.

‘Captain’ Jack Boyle is the father. He is a retired merchant seaman and that is why he is called ‘Captain.’ He has many colorful stories of