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O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1964

Found in 3 Records:

A.C. Edwards' Irish literary correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: MS 379
Overview

This collection includes correspondence between University of Kansas English professor A. Carroll Edwards and Irish playwright Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), theatre director Gabriel Fallon (1898-1980), and copies of correspondence between O'Casey and author Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), along with a small number of news clippings and other materials.

Dates: 1928-1936, 1959-1972

Correspondence of Sean O'Casey

 Collection
Call Number: MS P237
Overview

Letters from 20th century Irish dramatist and memoirist Sean O'Casey, as well as letters from his wife Eileen to an American collector and a letter from Arthur Sinclair to Thomas King Moylan.

Dates: 1925 - 1959

Sean O'Casey proofs and playbooks

 Collection
Call Number: MS B114
Overview

Two author's press proof volumes and two playbooks heavily annotated and used by production staff for one of O'Casey's plays. The plays include The Plough and the Stars: A Tragedy in Four Acts; Juno and the Paycock; The Shadow of a Gunman; and Within the Gates: A Play of Four Scenes in a London Park.

Dates: 1924-1926, 1933-1934