| Bibliography: | Typescript. Lord Moyne's copy, with his autograph notes and corrections. 'B.W.C's copy' in pencil on the cover. 21 other copies (17 found) All in card covers. Laced through holes. With related enclosures which were sent to Benjamin Guinness, Third Earl of Iveagh, in April 1991, with a covering letter. The play appears to be unpublished. IT was dedicated to Teresa Deevy 'in admiration of her work'. In his 1991 letter to Lord Iveagh, Lord Moyne explains that the scripts had been prepared for a reading of the play at a meeting on the Dublin P.E. N. Club which was held at Knockmaroon on April 25, 1958. Accompanying Documents: A typed page issued by the Honorary Secretary of the Dublin P.E.N. Club, Arthur H.Rae, making travel arrangements for the participating guests. The programme included a sandwhich supper. Typed list of acceptance - total thirty five. Lennox Robinson's autograph list of characters and an account of the scripts allocated. A typed list of the characters. With the corresponding actor's name written in pencil by Lord Moyne. An autograph note from Lord Moyne to Lennox Robinson which accompanied a bound copy of the typescript: '20 copies of which have been done for love of you and the PEN by Miss Eileen Walker'. A card from Lord Moyne to Bob Figgis arranging that, with his approval, he would under study to Lennox Robinson for the part of Pavel as Lennox's 'heart had been giving him trouble'. HE actually dies of heart failure on October 14 that year. Note: Teresa Deevy (1903-1963), playwright. Born in Waterford. Despite deafness, she wrote for the theatre. Her first play, 'Temporal Powers' was performed in the Abbey in 1932. She had three other plays accepted by the Abbey: 'King of Spain's Daughter', Kathie Roche', and 'The Wild Goose'. After 1936 she concentrated on radio plays. She was elected to the Irish academy in 1934. NLBox 35 LR/334 |
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