Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Casey
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Shortly after World War II
- Setting: a parish of Nyadnanave in Ireland
- Principal Characters: Michael Marthraun, Sailor Mahan, The Cock, Lorna, Loreleen, Marion, Shanaar, Father Domineer, Julia, Robin Adair
- 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
The Play
Cock-a-Doodle Dandy unfolds in three long scenes. As scene 1 opens, Michael Marthraun and Sailor Mahan are sitting in Marthraun’s front yard, talking in low tones about mysterious events that have disturbed peace and order in the parish of Nyadnanave. Marthraun regards the occurrences—strange sounds, levitations of objects, and other phenomena of the poltergeist variety—as the result of spells or bewitchments, whereas the less-superstitious Mahan takes a more rational tone. Marthraun insists that the trouble began when his daughter Loreleen returned from...
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