Drums Under the Windows

Macmillan Books, 1945

Sean O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist, self-educated and a committed Socialist, was noted for being the first Irish playwright of any note to write about Dublin's working class. Following on from his previous two volumes of autobiography, I Knock at the Door and Pictures in the Hallway, here, we get the third part of the authors experiences in the life of Dublin, itself fiercely and humorously dodging, charging, and dancing in and out through the revolving life of the world. Here he is, flitting about Dublin streets, under black and amber skies, to be changed soon to rosy red when they are lit up by the frantic fires of Easter Week....