O'Casey, Sean 
1880 - 1964. 
Irish dramatist. 

John Casey 

His early plays are tragicomedies, blending realism with symbolism and poetic with vernacular speech: The Shadow of a Gunman 1922, Juno and the Paycock 1925, and The Plough and the Stars 1926. Later plays include Red Roses for Me 1946 and The Drums of Father Ned 1960. He also wrote the antiwar drama The Silver Tassie 1929, The Star Turns Red 1940, Oak Leaves and Lavender 1947, and a six-volume autobiography.