A Collection of material about Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), 1900-1964.

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A Collection of material about Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), 1900-1964.

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Collection consists of 14 literary manuscripts by Sean O'Casey, 19 letters from O'Casey to Murphy, 34 carbon copies of letters from Murphy to O'Casey, 107 pieces of correspondence relating to the collection between Murphy and various persons, and pamphlets, pictures, and ephemera. Manuscripts include the original versions of the plays Nannie's night out, Kathleen listens in, and The bishop's bonfire, and holograph manuscripts of early poems, including The sweet little town of Kilwirra and The soul of man.

1 oversize box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417655

University of California, Los Angeles

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Murphy, Franklin D., 1916-1994

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Franklin David Murphy was born in Kansas City, MO, Jan. 29, 1916; AB, Univ. of Kansas (1936) and MD, Univ. of PA, (1941); instructor (1946-48), Dean of the School of Medicine (1948-51), and Chancellor (1951-60) at the Univ. of Kansas; Chancellor at the Univ. of CA, Los Angeles, 1960-68; joined the Times Mirror Company as Chairman of the Board and CEO (1968) and became Chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-86); active in philanthropic, cultural, scientific, and financial organizations and rec...

O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

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Sean O'Casey was born John Casey on March 30, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland, to Michael and Susan (Archer) Casey, a lower-middle class Protestant family. His father died in 1886. As a child, O'Casey suffered from trachoma, which affected his sight and made it difficult for him to succeed scholastically. He worked periodically throughout his adolescence as a stock boy, a van driver, and railway laborer. During this time, he became interested in Irish working class culture, as well as socialism and labo...