This edition of Sean O'Casey's major plays is designed specifically for students and teachers. The plays are supported by a full introduction, covering O'Casey's career and critical responses to the plays, full notes and a bibliography.

RONALD AYLING is Professor of English at the University of Alberta. He is the editor of numerous books for Macmillan, including Sean O'Casey: A Bibliography (with Michael J. Durkan) and the forthcoming Casebook: Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars and The Shadow of a Gunman.