St. John Ervine letters to John H. Hutchinson with a transcription of Hutchinson's responses, 1930-1934.

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St. John Ervine letters to John H. Hutchinson with a transcription of Hutchinson's responses, 1930-1934.

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The collection consists of four items, including: three letters from Ervine to Hutchinson: 17 Dec. 1930, praising the richly-drawn characters in Henry Handel Richardson's novel, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony; 22 Dec. 1930, thanking him for a copy of Mrs. O'Shaughnessy's Viennese Medley; 23 Nov. 1934, concerning Hutchinson's quoting a young man and Ervine's attitude toward dramatic critics. Also, handwritten copy of Hutchinson's letters to Ervine that give his views of The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, three numbered epistles on one sheet.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Hutchinson, John H.,

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Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946

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Henrietta Richardson Robinson, writing as Henry Handel Richardson, was a major Australian novelist rather forgotten in the rest of the world. Although she lived most of her adult life in Germany and England, her fiction remained Australian, evoking a sense of national pride in her fans and critics and influencing numerous diverse Australian authors. From the description of Henry Handel Richardson letters and papers, 1929-1946. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat recor...

Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971

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St. John Greer Ervine had a long and influential career in the theatre. Born to deaf-mute Protestant parents in a suburb of Belfast, he moved to London in 1900 where he worked as a clerk and became active in the Fabian Society. An accomplished writer of realistic plays, his work first appeared in 1911, and he enjoyed considerable success, leading to his long friendship with George Bernard Shaw and the opportunity to manage the Abbey Theatre in 1915-1916. He joined the army in 1916, was wounded i...