Word: casey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...graduates could have much to be proud of, for led by All-American half-back Eddie Casey, the 1919 squad had celebrated the Crimson's last undefeated season and has been tied only by Princeton...
With this mission in mind, the Crimson, led by Eddie Casey's pass catching and Arnie Horween's line plunges, marched 60 yards for a second-period touchdown to overcome a 3-0 deficit. Horween converted to make the score 7 to 3, but Oregon quickly added three more points on a 30-yard drop kick and that concluded the scoring...
...Sean O'Casey is an old man now, living alone England and far from Dublin, the city of his birth. His youth there was a time of violent action, set against the background of the bloody Irish up-risings of the first quarter of the 20th century. Most of his plays celebrate the events of that period and, in 1942, he once more returned vicariously to write a play about a Dublin strike that took place in 1913. But this play, Red Roses for Me, is less a drama than a ceremony of remembrance...
...that Red Roses for Me lacks the vitality of the earlier plays, for it is still the familiar O'Casey combination of humor and tragedy. The humor is more subdued now, however, and the terrible urgency that marked Juno and the Paycock has given way to a more somber and reflective atmosphere. As part of the change in tone, O'Casey adopts a prose style that is rich in metaphor and, at times, very close to poetry. The plot, in contrast, is extremely simple, telling the story of a young railroad worker with artistic inclina-who leaves his ambitions...
...bare plot, however, serves only as a frame on which the playwright hangs his opinions on social reform, religion, and the class struggle. At times, as in the first scene of act two, O'Casey ignores the story altogether and inserts songs, a ballet, and passages of almost pure lyrical poetry. As a result, the play generates considerable emotional intensity but lacks direction...