Fonds GB 0096 AL166 - O'Casey, Sean: letter, 21 Mar 1962

1 sheet

[A letter previously given the reference AL166 was transferred to the University of London Collection PC 8/6 - ?see VP/10/3].

GB 0096 AL166 1962 fonds 1 sheet O'Casey , Sean , 1880-1964 , playwright and writer x Casey , John x O'Cathasaigh , Seán

Sean O'Casey was born John Casey in Dublin in 1880. He joined the Gaelic League in 1906 with the intention of learning the Irish language, adopting the name Seán O'Cathasaigh, but later re-Anglicizing the surname as O'Casey. He also became involved in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union set up by Jim Larkin to represent unskilled workers and in 1914 became General Secretary of Larkin's Irish Citizens Army. He had several works performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in the 1920s but after his play The Silver Tassle was rejected by the Abbey in 1929 he severed all links with the theatre. He then moved to England where he wrote Within the Gates in 1934, Purple Dust in 1940 and Red Roses for Me in 1953. He died of a heart attack in Torquay in 1964.

[A letter previously given the reference AL166 was transferred to the University of London Collection PC 8/6 - ?see VP/10/3].

Transferred from correspondence files of the Goldsmith's Librarian, 1970.

Letter from Sean O'Casey of Flat 3, 40 Trumlands Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon to [Dr] J H P Pafford, [University of London Library], 21 Mar 1962. Saying that he would 'be pleased to put my name in any book of mine you like to send me'.

Autograph, with signature.

See hard copy catalogue.

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English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

Compiled by Anya Turner.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Transferred from correspondence files of the Goldsmith's Librarian, 1970.

Letter from Sean O'Casey of Flat 3, 40 Trumlands Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon to [Dr] J H P Pafford, [University of London Library], 21 Mar 1962. Saying that he would 'be pleased to put my name in any book of mine you like to send me'.

Autograph, with signature.

See hard copy catalogue.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais