Yeats, W. B. The Countess Cathleen, playbill, 1944 June
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents the activities of the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast. It includes correspondence relating to the operation of the in-house literary magazine, Threshold. Of note is correspondence between editor Mary O'Malley and author John Montague. The collection also contains Ray Rosenfield's collection of the theater's playbills, programs, and publications. Rosenfield was a writer who was a literary correspondent for the Irish Independent and Irish Times and an early mentor of Seamus Heaney.
Dates
- Creation: 1944 June
Creator
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Full Extent
From the Series: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 container)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
This production was performed at the Abbey Theatre by the Lyric Theatre Company, which would go on to form the Lyric Players Theatre in 1951.
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
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