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Identification: MSS 099, F829
Creator: MacMahon, Bryan, 1909-
Title: "The Gap of Life" : play
Inclusive Dates: circa 1971
Extent: 1 item (15 pp.)
Abstract: An inscribed mimeographed typescript of Bryan MacMahon's play, The Gap of Life.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F829, Bryan MacMahon, "The Gap of Life" : play, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
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Irish playwright and writer Bryan MacMahon was born in Listowel, County Kerry in 1909. He has written numerous novels, short stories, pageants, radio features, plays and television scripts. His plays include The Bugle in the Blood (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, 1949); The Song of the Anvil (The Abbey Theatre, 1960); The Honey Spike (The Abbey Theatre, 1961); The Master; Jack Furey; The Death of Biddy Early; The Time of the Whitethorn and The Gap of Life. He was awarded a LL.D (hon.causa) from National University of Ireland in 1972. He was President of Irish PEN, a committee member of the Academy of Irish Letters, and a member of Aosdána. Bryan MacMahon died in 1998.
Sources:
"Bryan MacMahon." Irish Writers Online. http://irishwriters-online.philipcasey.com/bryanmacmahon.html (accessed June 30, 2008).
A mimeographed typescript of Bryan MacMahon's play, "The Gap of Life." The typescript is inscribed on the title page by MacMahon: "For Jack O'Reilly, with every good wish, as ever, Bryan MacMahon. Little Christmas Day (6th January) 1972."
Bryan MacMahon "The Gap of Life" : play, circa 1971 [Box 55 F829]
1 item (15 pp.)
A mimeographed typescript of Bryan MacMahon's play, The Gap of Life. The typescript is inscribed on the title page by MacMahon: "For Jack O'Reilly, with every good wish, as ever, Bryan MacMahon. Little Christmas Day (6th January) 1972."
