Character Relationship Map: Young Cassidy

Characters

• John Cassidy (played by Rod Taylor) — protagonist

  Protagonist, a laborer by day and pamphleteer by night in 1911 Ireland. He transitions from writing incendiary pamphlets to playwriting, premiering The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey Theatre. Despi...

• Daisy Battles (played by Julie Christie) — protagonist
• Nora (played by Maggie Smith) — supporting
• W.B. Yeats (played by Michael Redgrave) — supporting

  Founder of the Abbey Theatre who accepts and produces John Cassidy's new play, The Plough and the Stars, after previously rejecting his earlier work.

• Michael (played by Robin Sumner) — supporting
• Lady Gregory (played by Edith Evans) — supporting
• Mrs. Cassidy (played by Flora Robson) — supporting
• Foreman (played by Arthur O'Sullivan) — minor
• Barman (played by Gerry Sullivan) — minor
• 2nd Hurler (played by Vincent Dowling) — minor
• Constable (played by Tom Irwin) — minor
• 1st Hurler (played by Joe Lynch) — minor
• Mick Mullen (played by Philip O'Flynn) — minor
• Bessie Ballynoy (played by Pauline Delaney) — minor
• Carman at Cat & Cage (played by John McDarby) — minor
• Publisher's Clerk (played by Bill Foley) — minor
• Barman at Cat & Cage (played by John Cowley) — minor
• Archie (played by Jack MacGowran) — supporting
• Ella (played by Siân Phillips) — supporting
• Tom (played by T. P. McKenna) — supporting

Story Analysis

A labourer transforms into a celebrated playwright after realizing the pen's power over the sword during Ireland's political unrest.

Plot Progression

1. The Labourer's Awakening
2. The Pen Over the Sword
3. Stage and Storm
4. Triumph in Turmoil