mss0099_0829.xml Finding aid for "The Gap of Life" : playcirca 1971 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2008 June 30) Finding aid encoded 2008 June 30 English "The Gap of Life" : playcirca 1971 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/
 MacMahon, Bryan, 1909- "The Gap of Life" : playcirca 1971 MSS 099, F829 1 item (15 pp.) An inscribed mimeographed typescript of Bryan MacMahon's play, The Gap of Life. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

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MSS 099, F829, Bryan MacMahon, "The Gap of Life" : play, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Note

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.

"Bryan MacMahon." Irish Writers Online. http://irishwriters-online.philipcasey.com/bryanmacmahon.html (accessed June 30, 2008).

Scope and Content Note

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."

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

 Detailed Contents List 55 F829 Bryan MacMahon "The Gap of Life" : playcirca 1971 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."