Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sean O'Casey
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Shortly after World War II
- Setting: the parish of Nyadnanave in Ireland
- Genres: Drama, Farce, Fantasy, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Values, Mythical animals, 1940’s, Prejudices or antipathies, Yards or backyards, Christianity, Business or business people, Devils or demons, Ireland or Irish people, Priests, Paganism, Trucking or truck drivers
- Locales: Ireland
Characters Discussed
Michael Marthraun (MAR- thrown), a grasping and stingy man in late middle age who has the good fortune to own some peat bogs that will increase his modest fortune. Eager to squeeze every ounce of profit from his peat, Michael bitterly resists Sailor Mahan’s efforts to raise the price of hauling the peat to town, an act that would allow Mahan to pay his drivers a more respectable wage. Michael has recently remarried, but he resents his young wife, Lorna, especially when she dares to disagree with him and support the drivers’ pleas for higher wages. He is...
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