mss0099_0646.xml Finding aid for Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts1938–1954 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
Special Collections Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
Date encoded (2007 March 26) Finding aid encoded 2007 March 26 English Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts 1938–1954 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 MacNamara, Brinsley, 1890-1963. Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts 1938–1954 MSS 099, F646 2 items (16 pp.) Two manuscripts written by Brinsley MacNamara. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 2000.

 Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F646, Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 2007.

 Biographical Note

Irish novelist, playwright, and drama critic Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963) is a pseudonym for John Weldon. Some of MacNamara's plays were staged at the Abbey Theatre, where he had once acted and later became a board member.

"Brinsley MacNamara September 6, 1890–February 4, 1963." Literature Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 26, 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of two typescripts written by Brinsley MacNamara. One is a speech on the "Fiftieth Anniversary of the Opening of the Abbey Theatre - 26/12/54." The typescript is 5 pages with autograph corrections. The second is "The Best Irish Plays of 1938. Brinsley MacNamara - 30/12/38." This is a review of plays with autograph corrections and is 11 pages.

 Selected Search Terms Topical Terms Arts, Irish--20th century--Sources. Theater--Ireland--20th century--Sources. Form/Genre Terms Speeches. Manuscripts. Occupation Playwrights. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

 Detailed Contents List 39F646 Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts1938–1954 Two typescripts not signed, 16 pp.