 Eileen O'Casey, "née" Reynolds (1900–95), the actress wife of Irish dramatist Seán O'Casey, was another female friend, Macmillan publishing her husband's plays.Although she is said to have replaced Lady Dorothy in Macmillan's affections, there is disagreement over how intimate they became after the death of their respective spouses, and whether he proposed.Macmillan contested the depressed northern industrial constituency of Stockton-on-Tees in 1923.