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Identification: MSS 099, F314
Creator: Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), b. 1883.
Title: St. John Greer Ervine letters to Arthur St. John Adcock
Inclusive Dates: 1914–1928
Extent: 6 items (9 pp.)
Abstract: Letters from Irish playwright St. John Greer Ervine to Arthur St. John Adcock.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F314, St. John Greer Ervine letters to Arthur St. John Adcock, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
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Purchase, 1990.
Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 2007.
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Irish playwright, drama critic and author St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971) is best known for his plays, some of which were staged at the Abbey Theatre. He also managed the Abbey Theatre for a brief period of time.
Sources:
"St. John Greer Ervine 1883–1971." Literature Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 16, 2007).
This small collection represents six letters from St. John Greer Ervine to Arthur St. John Adcock over a fourteen year period. Two are typed letters and four are holograph letters.
St. John Greer Ervine letters to Arthur St. John Adcock , 1914–1928 [Box 17 F314]
Four autograph and two typed letters signed, 9 pp.
