Found 5 collections related to Dramatists

Michael J. Dolan (1884-1954) was an Irish actor and theatrical stage manager, manager, and producer. He was associated with the Abbey Theatre of Dublin, Ireland, for most of his career. The collection (14 items) consists of letters written to Michael J. Dolan and by him as manager of the Abbey Theatre, 1923-1925 and undated; and six receipts, 1930-1934 [sic, 1935], for royalty and other payments made by the Theatre or its parent company the Irish National Theatre Society, Ltd. Also included are a black-and-white photograph of actors F.J. McCormick and Eileen Crowe as characters in "The Rugged Path," 1940; and a blank sheet of stationary for The Irish Academy of Letters at the Abbey Theatre. Correspondence comprises Dolan's typed letter, signed, to Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell about the hiring of a theater, 1925 March 4; three autograph letters signed by Lady Augusta Gregory to Dolan regarding the scheduling of play productions, 1925 February 11, August 17 and November 11 (no years); an autograph letter signed by Irish architect and theater historian Joseph Holloway, congratulating Dolan on his appointment as manager, 1923 [November] 29; and a typed letter, signed, from dramatist George Shiels to Dolan requesting a minor change to his play "Peter Duat," 1924 April 14. Receipts in chronological order are signed by actors, dramatists, and others; all receipts except one are initialled by Lady Gregory less

Autograph letter signed "Sean" (2 pages), from Irish playwright and theater critic Sean O'Casey to "Johnnie," 1926 November 18. After giving an amusing account of the burglary of his London apartment building and its aftermath, O'Casey attends to business matters regarding amateur productions of his work, and difficulties with J. B. Fagan. He ends the letter with the expectation that it will be a long time before he returns to Dublin. The letter is written on stationery addressed 32, Clareville Street, Kensington, S.W. 7. The recipient is likely J. H. (John H.) Perrin, Secretary of the Irish National Theatre Society and business manager of the Abbey Theatre less

John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, and essayist. The collection comprises two autograph letters and one autograph postcard, all signed J. M. Synge: an autograph letter signed (one page) to his publisher [Joseph M.] Hone, 1907 March 11, sending the remaining copy and proof of an unidentified work, and advising Hone that he is feeling better; an autograph letter signed (two pages) at Glendalough House, Kingstown, Dublin to [Sir Hugh] Lane, 1907 December 29, asking for details regarding the opening of Lane's new art gallery, a reference to Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art; and an autograph postcard signed, at Glendalough House, Kingstown, Dublin, to A. Francis Steuart at Edinburgh, Scotland, 1907 November 21, sending his regrets that he will not be traveling to Edinburgh "with the others," referring to an upcoming Abbey Theatre tour less

Bernard Shaw, born George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish writer of novels, plays, poems, short stories, and literary criticism. The item is a manuscript copy of George Bernard Shaw's letter to the editor of The Times of London, dated February 2, 1909, published on February 5, 1909. Shaw responds to a letter published in The Times on January 29, 1909 by English writer H.W. Mallock. Mallock had criticized remarks on income inequality made by Keir Hardie, M.P. at a Labour Party conference in Portsmouth, England on January 27th, as reported by the press. Shaw defended Hardie and questioned Mallock's knowledge of socialism and political economy in general, initiating an exchange of letters in the newspapers. The manuscript, in an unknown hand, is accompanied by an undated typed transcript of the item (3 pages), and a small half-tone photographic portrait of Shaw less

The item is a printed power of attorney form issued by The Dramatists' Guild of The Authors' League of America, Inc., signed by Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright Langston Hughes and Martin Jones for Marjones Productions, Inc., on September 2, 1935. Martin Jones (Martin B. Jones, 1902-1983) was a theatrical producer. The document appoints Joseph P. Bickerton Jr., Arbiter, as attorney-in-fact to carry out the terms of the Minimum Basic Agreement between The Dramatists' Guild, and producing managers Langston Hughes (Author) and Marjones Productions, Inc. (Manager), for the negotiation of motion picture rights. The play's title is left blank, but extant documents signed by the parties that day identify Langston Hughes's play Mulatto, which opened on Broadway in 1935 less