Sean O'Casey collection of papers, 1904-1964 bulk (1918-1964).

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Creator

O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 855 items.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Notes

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, diaries kept from 1904-1960, notebooks, financial and legal documents, portraits and pictorial works. The manuscripts include drafts of essays and plays, poems, notes toward works, reading notes,criticism, and other holograph materials. The typescripts include articles, emended typescripts of plays, early and later drafts of play, poems, essays, and other typewrittenmaterials. The financial documents include accounts for the period 1917 through 1962. The holdings also comprise 24 volumes of holograph notebooks.

The correspondence includes letters written by the author from 1911 to 1964, to Sara Allgood, Robert Emmentt Ginna, Lady Gregory, Breon O'Casey, Fergus O'Connor, ClaraRotter, Jane Rubin, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, and to others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1925 to 1963, exchanged between various correspondents including Samuel Beckett, Lady Gregory, Lennox Robinson, and others. There are letters toO'Casey from The Abbey Theatre; Canon, Brookes & Odgers; Samuel French Ltd., Lady Gregory, MacMillan & Co., Lennox Robinson, Arthur Sinclair, W. B. Yeats, and others, datingfrom 1924 to 1960.

Biographical/Historical Note

Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright and theater critic.

Controlled Access Terms

• O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
• O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 -- Portraits.
• Correspondence.
• Diaries.
• Notebooks.

Additional Creator Names

• Allgood, Sara, 1883-1950.
• Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
• Ginna, Robert Emmett.
• Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
• O'Casey, Breon, 1928-
• O'Connor, Fergus.
• Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958.
• Rotter, Clara.
• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
• Sinclair, Arthur.
• Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
• Abbey Theatre.
• Canon, Brookes & Odgers.
• MacmIllan & Co.
• Samuel French Ltd.
• Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932. fmo
• O'Neill, Maire, 1887-1952. fmo
• American Play Company. fmo