Udolphus Wright Papers,
1894-1975.
The collection contains documentation (a cashbook, programme, souvenir booklets, newscuttings and a scrapbook) concerning successive Abbey Theatre tours in the United States between 1911 and 1938. Also included are letters to Wright from amongst others Lady Gregory (1912 to 1931), and from W. B. Yeats (1912 to 1916) which primarily relate to the Abbey Theatre. Additional fragmentary newscuttings relate to Wright's family and include press notices following his death in 1952.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Udolphus (Dossie) Wright was an electrician by profession. He initially joined the Irish National Theatre Society in 1903, having been introduced to it by actor W. G. Fay. He was involved in the Abbey Theatre from its foundation, and worked there for the remainder of his career as a small-part actor, stage manager, manager, but principally as the Theatre's house electrician. He died in 1952. Physical description: 1 box more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds I. Abbey Theatre Tours. II. Correspondence. III. Prints and postcards. IV. Miscellaneous material. |
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II.i. Letters from Lady Gregory,
1912-1931.
| In Collection: | Udolphus Wright Papers, 1894-1952. |
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| Description: | Contains letters and postcards from Lady Augusta Gregory to the Abbey Theatre actor, stage manager and house electrician Udolphus Wright. Her letters relate for the most part to Abbey Theatre business, notably the American tour of 1911-12 and subsequently his threats to resign from the company ca. 1916. She does also refers to personal matters, including the death of her relative Geoffrey Persse in Gallipoli in 1915, Wright's marriage in 1926 and having W. B. Yeats to stay with her in Coole Park in 1930, and to domestic matters, among them her ongoing struggles with a radio and a Remington typewriter. Gregory addresses Wright as 'Dear Dossy'. |
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| Extent: | 1 folder, 22 items |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,555/11
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |