Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh Additional Papers (2002) ,

1907-1958.

Papers of actress and republican Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh. Includes letters and cards sent to Nic Shiubhlaigh from friends and associates including Padraic Colum, Alice Milligan, Lennox Robinson, Joseph Holloway and Seumas O'Sullivan. Also included are typescripts of plays by, amongst others, Lady Gregory, Seumas O'Kelly and Alice Milligan, theatre programmes, documentation relating to her radio broadcasting work and drafts of lectures and autobiographical writings that relate to her involvement with the theatre movement in Ireland, the early years of the Abbey Theatre and her participation in the Easter Rising.

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Main Creator: Nic Shiubhlaigh, Máire, 1883-1958
Contributors: Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
Nic Shiubhlaigh, Máire, > 1883-1958
Abbey Theatre
English drama > Irish authors > 20th century
Theater > Ireland > 20th century.
Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916
Notes:Associated Materials: Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts; MS 27,618-27,635 and MS 22,562-22,575

Physical description: 1 box.

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Arrangement:Fonds
I. Scripts and essays; II. Correspondence; III. Programmes; IV. Memoirs and autobiographical writings; V. Miscellaneous papers and printings.
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IV.vii. Manuscript draft of actress Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh's recollections of her years with the Abbey Theatre,

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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh Additional Papers (2002), 1907-1958.
Description:Nic Shiubhlaigh provides an account of the Abbey Theatre's first tour of Oxford, Cambridge and London and events leading to the departure of several actors from the Abbey Theatre, leading to the formation of the Theatre of Ireland company. Also included are her personal recollections of playwright John Millington Synge, actor Arthur Sinclair and the Abbey Theatre's musicians Arthur Darnley and Jack Larchet.
Main Creator: Nic Shiubhlaigh, Máire, 1883-1958
Extent:8 pp
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,752/38 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.