Found 3 collections related to O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

Ralph Thompson (1904-1979) was an American author, teacher and editor. He was a book critic at the New York Times and a contributing editor at Time Magazine, wrote reference works and translations, and was editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club from 1951 until 1975. Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed matter relating to Thompson's work. Bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Thompson mainly from authors and readers of his reviews while he was a book columnist at the New York Times. Also, original manuscripts by Thompson and others, pamphlets on literary works, and photographs of a mountain-climbing expedition to Mount Everest. less

Dudley Digges (1879-1947), an Irish-American actor, was one of the original members of the Abbey Players. He appeared on the stage and in more than fifty films. Collection consists of correspondence with prominent theatre people concerning subjects such as Digges's open-air theater in Patchin Place in New York City, his Theatre Guild work, and Ireland's push for independence, ca. 1920-1926. Correspondents include George Arliss, St. John Ervine, Sean O'Casey, Eugene O'Neill, Lady Augusta Gregory, Walter Hartwig, Polly and Sidney Howard, Helen Hayes, John Quinn, and Alexander Woollcott. Also, Digges family correspondence, 1921-1923, and miscellaneous fan mail, notes and photograph of Digges. less

Whitford Kane (1882-1956) was an English-American actor. Collection consists of correspondence with prominent American, English and Irish theater and literary figures, and theater agreements and contracts. Correspondents include Padraic Colum, St. John Ervine, Katharine Hepburn, Rutherford Mayne, Sean O'Casey, and Carl Van Vechten. less