Photocopy of letter from Sara Allgood, the Irish actress, to Mrs Lipman from her flat in Chelsea, with general news,
13 October 1921.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
| Citation: | National Library of Ireland. Department of Manuscripts. |
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| Notes: | Includes one page of scene instructions. Sara Allgood was a successful Irish actress. As a young woman she joined Maude Gonne's revolutionary women's society, Inghinidhe na hEireann (the Daughters of Erin) and became a member of the Irish National Theatre Society a year later. Her performances at the Abbey and while on tour won her great acclaim and included such title roles as W. B. Yeats's Deirdre, Maurya in Riders to the Sea, Mrs Delane in Lady Gregory's Hyacinth Halvey, Widow Quin in Synge's Playboy of the Western World, and Kathleen in Yeats's Cathleen ni Houlihan. She was known as Sally and is the sister of the actress, Maire O'Neill. Physical description: 4 pages. more |
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Manuscripts Reading Room |
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