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Sive

The document provides background information on the Irish playwright John B. Keane and his play Sive. It discusses Keane's life and career. It then gives an introduction to the play Sive and presents some images from a staging of the play along with discussion questions about the scenes and cultural context of 1950s Ireland.

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Sive

The document provides background information on the Irish playwright John B. Keane and his play Sive. It discusses Keane's life and career. It then gives an introduction to the play Sive and presents some images from a staging of the play along with discussion questions about the scenes and cultural context of 1950s Ireland.

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  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Cast of Characters
  • Discussion Questions
  • Theatre Images
  • Group Work Activities
  • Theme: Arranged Marriages
  • Society Context: 1950s Ireland
  • Society Context: 2020s Ireland
  • Cultural Context
  • Final Questions

SIVE

By John B Keane
P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

J O H N B . KE A N E J o h n B. K e a n e w a s
b o r n i n 1 9 2 8 in L i s to w e l , C o u n ty
K e r r y a n d w a s o n e o f te n c h i l d r e n .
H e li v e d b r i e fly i n En g la n d i n th e
1 9 5 0 ’s , b u t r e tu r n e d to L is to w e l in
1955.
H e s p e n t h is li te r a r y c a r e e r th e r e ,
r u n n i n g th e p u b th a t b e a r s h i s n a m e
a n d w h ic h p r o v id e d h im w ith s o
m u c h i n s p ir a ti o n . J o h n B . K e a n e
r e m a i n s o n e o f Ir e l a n d ’s b e s t lo v e d
p la y w r i g h ts .

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

INTRO-
DUCTION

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

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Sive – Atene
Mena – Greta
Sean Dota – Josh
Thomasheen sean rua – Oisin
Nana – Emma
Liam – Sean Og
P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EACH


IMAGE

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GROUP WORK
WHEN YOU READ
THE SCENE YOU
G O T:
List of characters in this scene:

Summarize this scene into 3


bullet points

The Relationship between


characters? (healthy, tense etc)
P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

ARRANGED MARRIAGES
• A R R A N G ED
M A R R IA G ES/MAT C H
M A K IN G IS A K E Y
T H E ME IN SIVE
• S IV E IS B A SED IN
THE 1950S
• R E S EA R C H WA S
A R R A N G ED
M A R R IA G ES IS A R R A N G E D M A R R IA G E S /M AT C H
P O P U L A R IN M A K IN G S T IL L U S E D IN TO D AY S
IR E L A N D AT T H IS WORLD? RESEARCH WHERE
T IM E?
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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

SOCIETY AT THE TIME OF SIVE


1950S IRELAND
S T R IC T C AT H O L IC
VA L U E S MOTHER AND BABY
E M IG R AT IO N HOMES

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

SOCIETY AT THE TIME OF SIVE


1950S IRELAND
S T R IC T C AT H O L IC
VA L U E S MOTHER AND BABY
E M IG R AT IO N HOMES

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

IRELAND NOW 2020 S


C AT H O L IC C H U R C H G AY M A R R IA G E A B O R T IO N
H A S L ESS C O N T R O L REFERENDUM REFERENDUM 2018

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E
D O T H IS O N PO W ER
P O IN T
A S L ID E P ER
H E A D IN G
CULTURAL CONTEXT
R E S E A R C H TH E
F O L L O W IN G
H E A D IN G S
• Youth: How many people emigrated in the 1950s?
• Power of Religion In the 1950s census the percentage of
Catholics in Ireland? Who was respected most in a community?

Women: In the 1950s, where there mother and baby homes?


• Women in the 1950s, percentage of women who worked, did
women have to cease their job once they were married?

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

QUESTION: CULTURAL
CONTEXT
Question: How does John B. Keane represent the following in Sive: Women, Religion, and 1950s Irish
society?

To do: Type up answer on a Microsoft word: 250-300 words.

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GROUP WORK
WHAT IS Can you put the pictures in
HAPPENING IN chronological order?

THIS SCENE?

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

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P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

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