Editing Milo O'Shea (section)

==Early life==
O'Shea was born and brought up in [[Dublin]] and educated by the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] at [[Synge Street CBS|Synge Street school]],<ref name="Pittsburgh Mass Appeal">{{cite news|last=Blank|first=Ed|title=Milo O'Shea Has Mass Appeal|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=31 January 1982|pages=J1, J3}}</ref> along with his friend [[Donal Donnelly]]. His father was a singer and his mother a ballet teacher. Because he was bilingual, O'Shea performed in English-speaking theatres and in Irish in the [[Abbey Theatre]] Company.<ref name="Pittsburgh Mass Appeal"/> At age 12, he appeared in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' at the [[Gate Theatre]]. He later studied music and drama at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama|Guildhall School]] in London and was a skilled pianist.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|title=Milo O'Shea obituary: Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me Mammy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/apr/03/milo-o-shea?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|access-date=6 April 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 April 2013}}</ref>

He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the 37 Theatre Club on the top floor of his shop the Swiss Gem Company, 51 Lower O'Connell Street Dublin. Early in his career O'Shea toured with the theatrical company of [[Anew McMaster]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/a-multitalented-actor-with-star-quality-1.1350721 | title=Obituary for Milo O'Shea | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | date=6 April 2013}}</ref>