Juno and the Paycock
| Juno and the Paycock | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Seán O'Casey |
| Characters | Juno Boyle Captain Jack Boyle "Joxer" Daly Mary Boyle Johnny Boyle Maisie Madigan Charles Bentham Jerry Devine Mrs Tancred "Needle" Nugent Irregulars Furniture Removers Sewing-Machine Man Neighbours |
| Date premiered | 3 March 1924 |
| Place premiered | Abbey Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Series | Dublin Trilogy |
| Setting | Tenement room, Dublin, 1922 |
Juno and the Paycock is a play by Seán O'Casey. Highly regarded and often performed in Ireland, it was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924. It is set in the working-class tenements of Dublin in the early 1920s, during the Irish Civil War period. The word "paycock" is a colloquial Irish pronunciation of "peacock", which is what Juno accuses her husband of being.
It is the second of his "Dublin Trilogy" – the other two being The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) and The Plough and the Stars (1926).