Murray, T. C. (Thomas Cornelius), 1873-1959
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1873 - 1959
Biographical Note
T. C. Murray was born in Marcroom, County Cork, Ireland, in 1873. He worked as a teacher and later headmaster of the Model Schools at Inchicore. Murray directed the Authors' Guild of Ireland, was President of the Irish Playwrights Association, and also served as vice president of the Irish Academy of Letters. His plays belonged to the realist school of drama and the bulk of his early works dealt with rural life in his West Cork. After 1930 his works shifted to depicting urban middle-class life.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
M.J. MacManus papers
Collection
Abstract
Collection of letters toIrish Press editor and author M.J. MacManus from 1889-1951.
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1889 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1951
T. C. Murray's Illumination typescripts
Collection — Box 1
Scope and Contents
Includes a typescript of Illumination: A Play in Two Acts with a note in Murray's hand regarding the first performance at the Abbey Theatre. The typescript is bound with two newspaper clippings of reviews of this performance from August 1939. There is also a letter from Murray to his friend Boston College Librarian Terence Connolly, SJ regarding changes he made to the play in preparation for publication in 1946. The additions to the play, originally enclosed...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1939-approximately 1947