Padraic Colum typescripts and letter, 1927-1966.

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Padraic Colum typescripts and letter, 1927-1966.

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The collection includes two typescripts and a single letter by Padraic Colum. The letter was written in 1927 to M.J. Fitzsimons, SJ, of Boston College. The typescripts are of Colum's plays: Timbuktu (1953) and Kilmore (1966). Timbuktu includes additions and deletions in Colum's own hand. It is a three-act comedy about the fabled African city of Timbuktu; also adapted by Colum under the titles: The Desert; The Vizier; and Mogu the Wanderer. Kilmore is a first draft of an unpublished, one-act play about the burial of Bishop William Bedell. It is in Japanese Noh theater form, but in an Irish cultural setting.

.75 linear foot (1 box).

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

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Padraic Colum was a noted playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and author of books for children. Born on December 8, 1881, in Longford, Ireland, Colum came to the United States in 1914 and died on January 12, 1972, in Enfield, Connecticut. Though Colum worked briefly for a railroad, he became a full-time writer in Dublin, Ireland, in 1901. He was a founder of the Irish National Theatre (later known as the Abbey Theatre), and co-founder and editor for a time of the Irish Review. From...